News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park continues its popular summer “Movies Under the Stars" series on Saturday, July 27, with the screening of “The Italian Job." Starring Michael Caine in the leading role, this action comedy delighted audiences 50 years ago-including an audience...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the findings of the Committee’s majority staff analysis of the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program. These discretionary grants, which receive overwhelming...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Courtney Guess, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area has issued a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) for campground management services at Fort Smith, Montana. Afterbay Campground Services was recently selected as the vendor who will be responsible for both the main campground on the south shore and for the overflow campsites - known as Grapevine Campground - on the north shore of the Afterbay.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A father and son who ran a complex investment fraud scheme by which they stole more than $10 million over the course of seven years were sentenced today to 60 months and 27 months in prison, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Deandray Buckley, 27, of Belleville, Michigan, was sentenced on Monday to 39 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN T. FINKLE III, 57, of, East Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud an Illinois-based company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was charged with one count of aiding and abetting the making of false claims to the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Kemmerer, WY - Fossil Butte National Monument will once again host a night sky event series over the summer of 2019. Each event will start at 8:00pm in the Visitor Center with a short presentation, followed by the specialized activity for the night. All programs will end at 11:00pm, although people are free to come and go as they please. The schedule will be as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: As reported by the Washington Post , the Department of Justice has issued its decision to not bring federal charges against any of the police officers involved in the death of Eric Garner. In response, the Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Congresswoman Karen Bass and the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Grant Easley, 33, of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute and distributing crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Spaide, age 27, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 15, 2019, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 14 years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery of a bank in Luzerne County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 21-year-old Georgia woman faces up to life in prison if convicted on charges of importing methamphetamine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Kansas City, Missouri, Woman Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud and Using Stolen Identities to File False Tax Returns.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today held a business meeting to consider and report 22 energy-related measures to the full Senate. Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, thanked her colleagues for their bipartisan efforts to develop these measures and outlined the important work ahead on the Senate floor.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, July 16, 2019 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today awarded nearly $5.1 million in SNAP Fraud Framework grants to fund innovative state projects designed to reduce recipient fraud and enhance integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Dale Gordon Black, age 63, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2018, to three counts of Production of Child Pornography. Senior United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman was charged in federal district court with Second Degree Murder.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: From 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, the Wild Basin Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed to all uses, including vehicles and pedestrians. This closure will occur at the Wild Basin Entrance station and will include the entire two-mile section of the road to the Wild Basin Trailhead.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: For the third time in five years, a sea turtle nesting record at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has been broken.