News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: * On the afternoon of May 1, 72-year-old Virginia Junk of Boise, Idaho, was butted in the thigh by a bison in the Old Faithful area. (It was originally reported that Mrs. Junk was "butted in the thigh, pushed, and tossed off a trail.").
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A previous media release by the Collin County District Attorney’s Office detailed the arrest of 17-year-old Matin Azizi-Yarand for state offenses related to a plot to carry out a terror attack in Frisco, Texas. This arrest was the result of several months of investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force and local law enforcement agencies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, at a roundtable discussion with aging and disability advocates in New Jersey, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a proposal to create a new Medicare long-term care benefit. The comprehensive discussion draft, The Medicare Long-Term Care Services...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Brian J. Kuester, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today the results of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take Back Initiative in the Eastern District. The Take Back Initiative was created so people would have an opportunity to safely...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The grand jury today charged Letha Dean and Abdul G. Alsamah on charges that they conspired to possess and distribute synthetic cannabinoids, known as Spice or K2, from retail stores The Crossing II and Mystic Enchantments in Springfield. Dean, 71, of Salisbury, Ill., was arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - The federal grand jury in Springfield today returned a superseding indictment that charges Michael Hari, 47; Joe Morris, 22; Michael McWhorter, 29; and, Ellis Mack, 18, all of Clarence, Ill., with additional charges. The four men were previously indicted in April and charged with possession of a machine gun. They were arrested and charged with the initial offense in a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on March 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A five-time felon who posted photos on Instagram of himself shooting firearms, including an automatic rifle, was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 55,186 visitors to Sagamore Hill in 2017 spent $3,155,200 in communities near the park. That spending supported 37 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4,255,300.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, AZ - Saguaro National Park trail crews will begin improvements on the Desert Ecology Trail on Thursday May 4th. The project, which is located in Saguaro National Park’s Rincon Mountain District (East), will bring the Desert Ecology Trail up to ADA standards.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statement on a report that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's December trip to Morocco was arranged by a longtime friend and lobbyist, who has since won a $40,000-a-month contract to help the Moroccan government promote its cultural and economic interests. It was also revealed today that the trip cost roughly $100,000, well above what was previously known.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Seven people have been ordered to forfeit more than $13 million following their convictions related to a car nationalization business, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr., M.D., an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Vero Beach, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, on April 27, 2018, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Furanyl Fentanyl which resulted in death, aiding and abetting the distribution of Furanyl ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two Las Vegas men involved in a $14 million telemarketing fraud scheme targeting small business owners pleaded guilty in federal court today, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - In separate criminal cases, two Oregon men pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning Program are offering “The Wild Side of Education", a three-credit professional development workshop for teachers, in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) in July 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced FRANZ DIDYER RAMOS-FERNANDEZ, 29, of Pasadena, Texas, to 195 months of imprisonment followed by 6 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: FBI Richmond's Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force Seeks Armed Robbery Subject.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Pompano Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rogelio Martinez-Rojas, of Mexico, has admitted to cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: On May 1, the Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen served as the principal federal official for domestic incident management, leading a national hurricane preparedness and response exercise for Cabinet members and senior administration officials hosted by the White House National Security ...
