News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: FREDERICK, Md.: Did you know that slavery continued in Maryland after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation? Join the National Park Service Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Best Farm and 3 p.m at the C. Burr Artz Library to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the 1864 state constitution that ended slavery in Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Illinois State Rep. LUIS ARROYO has been charged in federal court with offering a bribe to a fellow state lawmaker in an effort to influence and reward the lawmaker for supporting legislation that would benefit Arroyo’s private lobbying client.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, “Fugitive of the Week," Samuel Jeff Warren, 31 years-of-age of Rochester was found hiding in a locked closet. Mr. Warren had been wanted on multiple outstanding arrest warrants, including a Strafford County warrant for bail violations/failure to appear on an original narcotics offense, as well as multiple district court warrants for resisting arrest or detention, assault and failing to pay restitution on a theft offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Detroit Home Health Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: BRYCE, UT-Bryce Canyon National Park is considering the issuance of separate right-of-way permits to Verizon Wireless, South Central Utah Telephone Association, and Garkane Energy Cooperative for the installation of a cellular telecommunications tower, fiber optic utility, and electric utility rights-of-way, respectively. The NPS is required to consider this wireless telecommunication application in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: America will suffer if problems plaguing Midwest aren’t addressed by Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 an event celebrating soul food and honoring African American chefs of the Shenandoah Valley was held at Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown, Virginia. Belle Grove Plantation is a key legislated partner of Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. The event was free and open to the public with tours of the Manor House and talks throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from Robbery at Chase Bank in Norman, Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Three Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officers charged with wire fraud for their part in a scheme to defraud the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the federal government, and their own department have pleaded guilty in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rex Allen Rowan, II, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Each year, thousands of people find their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. On Nov. 4, the BLM Utah will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees. Permits are available for purchase during regular business hours, excluding federal holidays, at the following locations:.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The chief executive officer of PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, was convicted today of defrauding the company’s investors and obstructing an SEC investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and community organizations today are hosting the 11th Annual Cybercrime Prevention Symposium at the California Endowment in downtown Los Angeles. The day-long seminar for more than 400 educators, parents, and middle and high school students will present a wide array of information on cyber safety, technology crime and digital reputation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management-Front Range Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing to conduct pile burns in ten locations this fall and winter. Pile burns will occur between Oct. 30, 2019 and March 2020, depending on favorable weather and fuel moisture conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of MICHAEL CORTEZ REED, 27, to 110 months in prison for the violent attempted robbery of a Walgreens pharmacy, as well as drug-trafficking and firearms violations. REED, who pleaded guilty to five felony counts on June 21, 2019, was sentenced today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an indictment charging.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH-- Isle Royale National Park Superintendent, Phyllis Green, recently announced her retirement, effective November 1. Superintendent Green’s federal service career spanned 41 years, including 18 years at Isle Royale and 22 years in the US Forest Service. A native of Houghton, Michigan, and...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Oct. 28, 2019 - The search for missing Mary Joanna Gomez, 56-year-old from Mississippi, continues with growing search teams and limited clues. Mrs. Gomez has been on assignment in the Bay Area as a traveling nurse, and arrived in Kings Canyon National...
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: San Diego, CA - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group (IPG) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), the Chair of the IPG, led a congressional delegation to California to meet with Mexican lawmakers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Bernard Lewis - a 36-year old man with no fixed address.
