News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man was sentenced to federal prison for distribution of oxycodone and oxymorphone, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Ricky Walker was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release for distributing both drugs to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force Officer on Nov. 2, 2012 on the parking lot of the Comfort Inn in Cross Lanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeff Althoff, 32, Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to violating the Lacey Act by falsely labeling wildlife and transporting it across state lines. This charge carries maximum penalties of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today highlighted significant accomplishments of the committee from his first year as chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man was sentenced on Dec. 27, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added Serbia to the list of regions affected by African swine fever (ASF). On Aug. 13, 2019, Serbian veterinary authorities reported an ASF occurrence to the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE). In ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On January 8, 2020 Casa Grande Ruins will host Allen Dart as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on January 8 featuring Allen Dart who will present a lecture titled "The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 11.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: The National Park Service is working cooperatively with the Town of Beverly Shores to protect Indiana Dunes National Park’s Lake View parking area and a portion of Lake Front Drive from erosion. Recent Lake Michigan storm waves have washed away the dunes that protect both...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that GRAFTON...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering a project, which would rehabilitate Mesa Top Loop, Cliff Palace Loop and Sun Temple Loop roads, improve physical accessibility at adjacent overlooks, improve sidewalks and parking areas, replace the current Visitor and Research Center intersection, and possibly widen the two-way sections of Mesa Top Loop and Sun Temple Loop roads to accommodate a bike lane.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - There’s a lot more than meets the eye for a train to roll safely down the tracks! Steamtown National Historic Site’s (NHS) “Rosie the Railroader" invites children ages 3-10 years and their parents to join her every Saturday in January and February, 2020, for fun interactive learning about railroads!.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: ELY, NEV. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will resume the Seaman and White River Herd Areas (HAs) wild horse gather south of Ely, Nev., on or about Jan. 5, 2020. Gather operations, which employ the use of helicopters, began in November but were suspended when excess wild horses remaining in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Katherine S. Dyson, age 65, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, to 42 months in federal prison following her wire fraud conviction. The Court further sentenced Dyson to 2 years of supervised release following...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The second main co-conspirator in a large-scale timeshare resale scam was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for defrauding more than 1,000 victims - many of them elderly - out of more than $3.3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 30, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, NM - David Turning, a Las Cruces resident, is the winner of the “2020 Picture That Pass" photo contest sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District Office. Turning’s winning photo captured the iconic Organ Mountains and its desert flora during an active lightning storm. Out of 80 entries, Turning’s photo will be used on the annual BLM Recreation Pass for 2020, giving Turning credit for his photographic talent.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on news regarding the health of Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA)...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the announcement that Ciaran Martin, Chief Executive Officer of the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has been appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) and will step down in the summer, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher C. Krebs issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2019
News Release: SHARPSBURG, Md.- Antietam National Battlefield will increase its entrance fees on Jan.1, 2020 as part of the National Park Service’s ongoing efforts to address infrastructure needs and improve future visitor experiences.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2019
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s assistance to locate a woman who is charged with pouring gasoline on a victim who was held at gunpoint, before attempting to light the victim and her house on fire while a small child was also present. Dominique Fowler, 33, is known to go by ‘Peaches’ and may still be hiding out in Hampton Roads.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site will begin reduced winter visitation hours on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Park hours will be 10:00 am until 4:00 pm daily, with the reduced hours remaining in effect until late March 2020. Additionally, the park will be closed on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2020.
