News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Keystone, South Dakota - Major construction will begin after the Independence Day holiday week. Scull Construction Services Inc. from Rapid City, South Dakota, has been selected as the contractor to address deferred maintenance projects at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Bats are important for healthy ecosystems and contribute at least $3 billion annually to the U.S. agriculture economy through pest control and pollination. WNS has killed millions of bats in North America -with mortality rates of up to 100 percent observed at some colonies-since it was first seen in...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Old Fall River Road, which normally opens to vehicles by the Fourth of July holiday weekend, is anticipated to open on Saturday, July 13, if weather and conditions allow. Winter conditions at higher elevations in the park, as recently as June 23, have delayed the snow clearing and maintenance of Old...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Dear President Trump: We write with dismay and alarm over the treatment of children arriving in this country in an effort to escape violence and poverty in their home countries. The recent reports of neglect and mistreatment of children at border facilities are truly horrific, and such treatment fundamentally...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A woman who admitted selling a pound of methamphetamine for $4,500 as part of series of sales was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Two former Broward County residents were arrested on June 26, 2019, based on a complaint charging them with conspiracy to violate and attempted violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (18 U.S.C. 371 and 22 U.S.C. 2778).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Christopher Coburn (34, Winter Garden) guilty of five counts of bankruptcy fraud and two counts of falsification of records in a bankruptcy proceeding. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment for each bankruptcy fraud count and up to 20 years in prison for each falsification of records count. His sentencing hearing has been scheduled for September 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kevin Ernest Lewis, 31, of Casamero Lake, N.M., appeared in federal court in Albuquerque today on charges of assault and child abuse resulting serious bodily injury to his daughter in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - To celebrate the amazing birds of Glacier's alpine areas, the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center (CCRLC) and park wildlife staff are hosting the second Alpine Bird BioBlitz on Friday, July 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Nigerian man who formerly resided in Herndon was sentenced today to one year in prison for his involvement in stealing income tax refunds in 2015 and laundering the proceeds of his crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Shifting channels and numerous logjams have created difficult and unpredictable conditions on some of the side channels on the Snake River between Pacific Creek and Deadman’s Bar Landing, specifically in the area directly downstream of Spread Creek.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced robert manley narron, 30, of Kenly, North Carolina to 91 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. On May 23, 2019, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced REYES JUAREZ PEREZ, 34, of Selma, North Carolina to 228 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Alex Fields Jr., 22, the Ohio man who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors at the “Unite the Right Rally" on Aug. 12, 2017, killing one woman and injuring dozens, was sentenced today in the Western District of Virginia to life in prison for his crimes. Fields previously pleaded guilty to 29 violations of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. § 249, for the attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for acquiring and using stolen personal information, including thousands of payment card numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was convicted for his role in a scheme to steal victims’ personal information, use it to obtain replacement credit cards and then use the cards to purchase high-value items from retailers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago has charged two Chicago teenagers with robbing a Near North Side sandwich shop earlier this week. Law enforcement is also investigating whether the pair committed other robberies this month in the city’s downtown Loop neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 27, 2019, United States District Court Judge James Munley sentenced Raymond Collazo, age 34, to four months of imprisonment, for escaping from federal custody.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: On Friday, June 28th, search teams recovered a deceased 69-year-old male solo hiker from above Paradise. This hike was one of several recent conditioning trips he had taken to prepare for a summit climb of Mount Rainier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Isaac Suero, 23, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to nine years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. Suero also was ordered to pay $750 in restitution to the victim of the offense. Suero pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2019.
