News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park closed Friday due to ongoing seismic activity and the anticipated explosive steam event and possibility of rock and ash fall at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced John Kays, age 44, of Pinehurst, North Carolina (formerly of Bel Air, Maryland) to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for accepting bribes of $800,000 from 2009 to 2012 related to...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve will open the popular Riley Creek Campground, on Friday, May 11, 2018. The date is earlier than its usual mid-May opening and is due to increased demand over the Mother’s Day weekend. Camping fees will be collected.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Sessions and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented on the FBI's 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - After four months of closure for construction, Dantes View overlook is again open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: CASPER Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Casper Field Office announced that Muddy Mountain Road will reopen on May 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Gang was Responsible for Seven Murders, along with Armed Robberies, Shootings, and Stabbings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor pleaded guilty today to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, and making material false statements to federal law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD"), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER GALBRAITH KELLY JR., a former executive at Competitive Power Ventures (“CPV"), pled guilty to defrauding CPV by misrepresenting that the former Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor, Joseph...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Korean national who was living in the United States as an illegal alien has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the United States by evading millions of dollars in federal excise taxes due on 143 million cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - Members of the public join with law enforcement across the country for National Police Week - May 13 through May 19 - to honor law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends and fellow officers they left behind.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to grant Alameda County Water District $750,000 for its Rubber Dam #3 Fish Ladder Project through a CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant. The total project cost is $7.1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Chairman of Macau Real Estate Development Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in Scheme to Bribe United Nations Ambassadors to Build A Multi-Billion Dollar Conference Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Defendant, a Previously Convicted Sex Offender, Faces Maximum Sentence of Life Imprisonment; Case Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women and Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Kent Igleheart, a former Roswell, Georgia city councilman, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for multiple counts of producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Eminence, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a special celebration of the historic Akers community on May 19 and 20 in partnership with the Shannon County Museum and Ozark Heritage Project. Everyone is invited to attend this event, which will highlight the rich history of the upper Current River.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Defendant Fired Into a Crowd of People, Including 11-Year-Old Boy;Second Man Awaiting Sentencing on Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today that NG LAP SENG, a/k/a “David Ng," the chairman of a Macau real estate development company, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - David Andrew Nielsen was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for possessing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge, following the entry of a guilty plea on Feb. 2, 2018.
