News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - If you’re planning on viewing the fireworks from the grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, please remember these important regulations that will be enforced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Destiny Hope Robinson, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: A 29-year-old Mexican national, arrested as part of an operation led by the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), pleaded guilty Monday to possession with attempt to distribute methamphetamine and to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Swissvale, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Peter G. Strasser announced that United States District Court Judge, Barry W. Ashe, sentenced DILLON DAVIS, age 26, of Destrehan, to 151 months of imprisonment for committing a bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). DAVIS’ two prior drug convictions qualified him as a career offender, thus enhancing his sentencing guideline range.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - DeAndre Peterson, age 23, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kenton T. Buckner, Chief of the Syracuse Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Phillip Yoder, age 41, of Ligonier, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his guilty pleas to wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud and bankruptcy fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation announced that 13 states will utilize $29.1 million in grants from the WaterSMART Program to help communities conserve water.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: In response to the current high fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula, effective immediately and until further notice, open campfires are restricted to designated campgrounds or cabins within enclosed metal fire grates or designated fire rings provided at these developed recreational facilities within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula State Parks, and Chugach National Forest lands on the Kenai Peninsula.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: The past winter averaging 170% of normal snowpack, presented many operational challenges to opening. Mammoth Resorts, Reds Meadow Pack Station, and the Town of Mammoth Lakes contributed efforts to remove snow and/or to provide portable toilets at key locations in the valley as repairs and preparations for services are in progress.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Bering Land Bridge NP recently granted the Sierra Club - Alaska Subcommittee a two-year permit to lead outings and service trips within park boundaries. This past week, the Sierra Club kicked off its first service trip alongside Bering Land Bridge staff at Serpentine Hot Springs for the annual maintenance trip.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Celebrate Independence Day at Yellowstone safely by following these top five tips.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has appointed five members to the California Desert District citizen-based Desert Advisory Council, which advises the agency on over 10 million acres of southern California desert public land management issues. The DAC is composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced charges in the following cases, all separately noted below, that were brought pursuant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Guardians Project. The Project is a federal law enforcement initiative to coordinate efforts between participating agencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - Birney resident Randy Lee Littlebird admitted today to murdering a woman by strangling her with a rope in their residence on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy security, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer 16 parcels totaling nearly 3,214 acres at its September 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The proposed parcels are located in Eddy, Lea, and Chaves...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Jacqueline Marie Kirkaldie, of Great Falls, admitted today that she distributed methamphetamine and heroin that came to the community from California, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Taxpayer First Act, bipartisan legislation to redesign the Internal Revenue Service for the first time in over two decades...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man who was convicted earlier this year of money laundering now faces new charges of money laundering conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump signed the Taxpayer First Act into law...
