News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - A total of seven recipients, four artists, two writers, and a composer, have accepted invitations to the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program at Acadia National Park beginning in September. In exchange for a multi-week immersive experience, each artist will lead an outreach activity...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Strong City, KS - Come to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and learn about birds with live birds. Bring a picnic lunch and spend the day. All activities are free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Portsmouth man today for his role in leading a heroin trafficking conspiracy that distributed in excess of 100 kilograms of heroin over a 10-year period in Hampton Roads from 2007 through 2017.
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Darrick “Block" Stafford (41, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 50 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho -- The Idaho Mustang Club will host a trail ride on June 9 at 10 a.m., through the Black Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA), just outside of Murphy. Black Mountain is one of Idaho’s six HMAs where wild horses roaming Idaho’s rangelands may be found. In the spirit of celebrating America’s Mustang, the ride is open to all equines and equestrians.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Season Smith, 41, of Bloomfield, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A 25-year-old New Bedford, MA, man previously convicted and incarcerated for possessing a loaded firearm without a permit pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Denny Reyes, 28, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on May 29, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve concurrent terms of thirty-six and ten months in federal prison after his conviction...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Darrick “Block" Stafford (41, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 50 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act."
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District and the U.S. Forest Service, Umpqua National Forest is inviting the community to join in celebrating the 50thanniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at the Susan Creek Day Use Area on July 14th, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The legacy of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act continues to be a shining example of BLM working with our partners to promote multiple-use on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Georgia man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for using a fake driver’s license in order to obtain a check issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ZURAB DZHANASHVILI, of Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest to the charge of conspiring to commit racketeering offenses in furtherance of the illicit activities...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Was Paid for 220 Days He Falsely Claimed to be at Work Treating Patients.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Pryce Elijah Demars (25, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act."
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters on Tuesday to eight call aggregators, who play a role in connecting individuals seeking treatment to sober living homes. The letters pose several detailed questions about the business practices of these call aggregators, and request information about how their employees are trained, as well as what they disclose to callers about any affiliations with treatment centers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
