News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jermaine Antonio Newell, 32, of Gautier, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 60 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, a schedule I controlled...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: PRINEVILLE, OR - In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the NOAA Fisheries, the Bureau of Reclamation is decreasing fish and wildlife flows in the Crooked River to 20 cubic feet per second (cfs) through Oct. 2018, to allow us to maintain biologically vital winter flows of 65 cfs from Oct. to April 2019. This decision was made due to the dry conditions being experienced this year and the fact that Prineville Reservoir did not fully fill.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Trees Have Families, Too" a Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program to learn about tree families and how they are part...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester on extortion-related charges.
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Dear Dr. Narasimhan and Dr. Chouraqui...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: MEDORA, ND: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 733,000 visitors to Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park spent $45.6 million in 2017 in communities near these parks. That spending supported 643 jobs in the surrounding areas and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $56.7 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Love Watch Hill and Sailors Haven, Inc. has been selected to operate concessions for the 2018 season at Fire Island National Seashore’s Watch Hill and Sailors Haven locations. Both marinas will open May 18, with advanced booking and expanded food service available in the coming weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Sandra Santay, 73 years old, of Whiting, Indiana, was sentenced by District Court Judge Philip Simon on her plea of guilty to bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today responded to a speech by the president regarding high drug prices. The president’s speech corresponded with the release of documents by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outlining steps the Trump Administration may take in the months ahead on this issue.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Statistics on of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Juan Pina, 22, of Bakersfield, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine and other related charges, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: On May 11, 2018, Jason M. Stoker, 35, of Chester, Illinois, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for a methamphetamine offense, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Stoker previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 26, 2018, to a one-count superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY-Attorney General Sessions and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week. They also commented on the FBI's 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Ana Milena Barrero, age 24, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment today in Federal Court in Greenville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Former Southport Police Officer Aaron Allan’s name to be added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo, 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...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Antonio Devon Williamson, age 30, of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson, for a conspiracy to murder a trial witness of the State of South Carolina, in violation of the federal Violent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Pimps Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Three Minor Victims Throughout East Coast.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: New technology can provide advances in the way we do things, expanding areas previously left unexplored and simplifying previously burdensome tasks. This is true with advancements in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drones. There are global efforts focusing on using drone technology to improve and support...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the release of President Trump’s prescription drug pricing proposal...
