News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Homestead, Fla. - Everglades National Park is pleased to announce that boat tours will resume from the park’s Gulf Coast Visitor Center on July 1, 2019. The National Park Service has awarded a temporary contract to Guest Services, Inc (GSI). The one-year contract has been issued through June 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Wilmer Flores Mejia, age 44, a naturalized citizen of the United States residing in Cheverly, Maryland, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for coercion and enticement of a minor to produce child...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Jersey securities broker pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, N.J. today to charges of defrauding his clients by engaging in a multi-year “cherry-picking" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Over the past two weeks, five defendants have pleaded guilty or have been sentenced in the Northern District of Oklahoma for sex crimes involving minors, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The prosecutions are part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and come on the heels...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ricky Martinez, 27, of Chimayo, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court on June 13, 2019, to assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the establishment of the Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for six federal districts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Dwayne Dollison Jr., 36, and Kenneth Martin Douglas, 34, both of Anchorage, were found guilty yesterday after a 7-day federal jury trial. The jury found Dollison and Douglas guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and for being felons in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - The National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Region has approved Glacier National Park’s proposal for preservation of westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout in the Upper Camas Drainage.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America’s...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar raising questions over a newly unveiled memo that includes internal analysis on the harmful impacts of Trump Administration policy changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Susan W. Brooks. Rep. Brooks serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology, the Health, and the Oversight and Investigations subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANGEL PERILLOUX, age 38, of Ponchatoula, pleaded guilty to a one-count bill of information charging her with obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that William Guy, 51, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court this morning, following his extradition from Austria.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Used Internet to Befriend and Recruit a 13-Year-Old Girl for Sex in National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of PAUL R. HANSMEIER, 37, to 168 months in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Fairbanks man has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing a handgun with a homemade suppressor, after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation Friday issued updated Central Valley Project South-of-Delta allocations for the 2019 contract year. This update reflects ongoing water supply improvements due to May’s late-season precipitation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
Release: SEATTLE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Seattle is prepared for what is projected to be the busiest summer travel season every when a record number of passengers will depart Seattle-Tacoma International Airport between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2019
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - There are a number of projects and planning efforts currently underway at Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR).
