News from April 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Everglades National Park Shares Update on Gulf Coast Site Plan
By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Mountain lion kittens found outside Thousand Oaks office complex test positive for rodenticide poisoning, feline panleukopenia
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
Release: Few agricultural commodities have defined America the way cotton has. And few agricultural pests have been as destructive and downright insidious as the boll weevil, a small insect that lives and feeds on cotton bolls and flowers and reproduces very quickly.In the late 1800s, boll weevil entered the ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Egin Lakes Campground will open on April 23 for the 2022 season. Visitors are reminded that the new campsite reservation system will be in effect for 26 of the 48 campsites this season. Reservations for these 26 sites can be made on www.recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777, and will no longer be available on a first come, first served basis. Each of the reservable sites will be signed as “Reservation Only" to avoid any confusion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Sugar Creek, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm after fleeing on his motorcycle from a police officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, IOWA - Nicholas Dwayne Jones, age 42, of Des Moines, was sentenced today in federal court to 322 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury today found a long-time senior leader of the South Los Angeles-based East Coast Crips (ECC) street gang guilty of federal criminal charges for conspiring to commit racketeering through various criminal acts including murder, extorting local businesses and the distribution of narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea of the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lashawn M. Bennett, 50, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on Friday, April 15, 2022, against Defendant Joe L. Fletcher III, 33, of Akron, Ohio, following a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr., in Cleveland. Fletcher was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: GREENSBORO - Matthew Leviticus Murphy, 32, was sentenced on April 15, 2022, to a total of 240 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon in two separate incidences in Greensboro in 2020 and 2021. Sandra J. Hairston, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, made the announcement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program this summer. The TRT program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through a program provided by a partnership...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on Friday for sex trafficking a minor and production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Jesus Torres Garcia, 30, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to six years in prison for illegally possessing fentanyl pills and a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Hector Savage, 37, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography by an individual with a prior conviction, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Judiciary Committee on April 18.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: The National Park Service and US Senator Tom Carper kicked off National Park Week Friday morning with a press event to celebrate the rehabilitation of the historic Sheriff’s House in New Castle, Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of three counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on April 1, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Tea, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Luke Trujillo, 27, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 11 to one count of conspiracy, one count of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of being in possession of stolen mail. Trujillo is currently in custody awaiting sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
