News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography on Tor Network Forum.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Today, the Alaska Delegation applauded the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) and BP Alaska on their announcement of the key terms of a Gas Sales Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man who helped set up multiple drug deals in Huntington in August and September 2016 pled guilty today to multiple federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Carl Keylow Jackson, 38, entered his guilty pleas to two counts of aiding and abetting...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: The Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center in Ventura Harbor will be closed to visitation from Tuesday, May 22 through Thursday, May 24 to conduct necessary termite treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL BAUER, 36, of North Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Passed Notes to Teller Threatening to Blow-Up the Bank.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review, draft environmental documents for a WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Project grant to the city of Sanger in Fresno County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Robert Rogers, age 73, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced today to three years probation with the first 18 months to be served as home confinement and ordered to pay $250,000.00 in fines for Operating an Illegal Gambling Business. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GILBERTO VALENTIN, also known as “Miguel Perez-Sanchez," 28, of Stamford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute U-47700, a synthetic opioid.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: NOAA’s National Weather Service is tapping technology to automate weather balloon launches in Alaska, a move that will allow staff to improve public service across the state while saving federal tax dollars.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: What better way to celebrate National Trails Day 2018 than to hike through one of the seldom-seen areas of Pecos National Historical Park! The three mile South Pasture Loop trail on the grounds of the historic Forked Lightning Ranch will be open to hikers from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS PALACIOS ORTIZ, 44, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking and immigration offenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park will host a program that will celebrate the 26th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream" World Peace Rose Garden Inspirational Message of Peace Contest. The program will take place on Thursday, May 10, 2018 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church at 407 Auburn Avenue, N.E.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Mark Triolo, 46, of Texas, has been charged by criminal complaint for violating the federal robbery statute. Triolo is currently being treated at Dartmouth Medical Center in New Hampshire for gunshot wounds he sustained...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott was sentenced in United States District Court, before United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 96 months’ imprisonment for multiple charges of unlawful distribution and dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Russel M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City Raises Public Awareness to Online Vehicle Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to snip at DNA is often akin to using scissors to edit a newspaper article. You can cut out words, but it’s difficult to remove individual letters or instantly know how the cuts affect the meaning of the text. Someday, CRISPR could be used to “clip" disease-causing genetic mutations in patients. But such precision medicine is impossible so long as CRISPR remains a clumsy tool.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Appomattox, Va. - Appomattox Court House National Historical Park announces two trail walks in May as part of the Healthy Parks Healthy People partnership. On Saturday, May 12th the Park will host a Dog Walk, beginning at the Appomattox River Wayside Pull Off and on May 19th a History Walk beginning...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GILBERTO VALENTIN, also known as “Miguel Perez-Sanchez," 28, of Stamford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute U-47700, a synthetic opioid.
