News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: About 200 aspiring wildland firefighters - all local military veterans - will attend four days of wildland firefighting training from March 2-5 at Paramount Ranch in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and at Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Fort Worth, Texas - Following a trial before U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, two men have been convicted for their role in an extortion and kidnapping scheme that occurred in Fort Worth in October 2017, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Pre-lawsuit settlement resolves federal government allegations of disability discrimination.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: The Highways and Transit Subcommittee will hold a hearing next week to hear views of transportation stakeholders regarding the benefits to the Nation of long-term funding for highways and transit programs, and the sustainability of current methods of providing funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Collierville resident has been sentenced to federal prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: A man has been charged for the illegal take of rare fish protected by the Endangered Species Act, bringing to a close an interagency investigation by US Park Rangers of Grand Canyon National Park, Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB), the Havasupai Tribe, and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is excited to showcase “Yellowstone Engraved: The Art of William Henry Jackson, Thomas Moran & Others." The exhibit presents a comprehensive and rare collection of vintage, nineteenth century engravings that vividly portray Yellowstone National Park during its first three decades [1871-1902]. This exhibit is a great opportunity to connect kids to public lands and America’s cultural and natural history.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL -U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan yesterday sentenced Karamchand “Raj" Doobay (44, Orlando) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud investors in an RV Park, and immigrant investors in a senior citizen...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Fort Worth, Texas - Following a trial before U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, two men have been convicted for their role in an extortion and kidnapping scheme that occurred in Fort Worth in October 2017, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville - A Middleburg, Florida man who used an infant and a toddler to produce child pornography was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison yesterday, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
Release: By Jason Hafemeister, Trade Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - The Justice Department and the Western District of Louisiana U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook today announced that Mark Frederick, a former Captain of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office (IPSO), pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an assault on a pre-trial detainee at the Iberia Parish Jail (IPJ).
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee event...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: For Friday, March 2, NIST Gaithersburg is CLOSED with LIMITED ACCESS.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service will be hosting a science meeting on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at the Historic Rugby Visitor Center in Rugby, Tennessee. Scientists who have been conducting research at Obed Wild & Scenic River and Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area are invited to present their...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - About 200 aspiring wildland firefighters - all local military veterans - will attend four days of wildland firefighting training from March 2-5 at Paramount Ranch in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and at Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith Eric Jergensen, age 58, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced today to 59 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to defraud a Plattsburgh, New York, company of $2.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that, early this morning, FBI Special Agents in New York City arrested Tyler Bateman, 27, of Anchorage, for making threatening statements against an Anchorage business and an Anchorage Police Officer.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: Next Tuesday, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing to examine the Administration’s infrastructure proposal. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao will testify.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Donald Pender was one of sixteen outstanding young lawyers selected for the North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy’s Class of 2018.
