News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Tarik Hooks, 35, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to robbing six banks and attempting to rob three others between Feb. 2, 2013, and Feb. 21, 2013. Hooks admitted that: on Feb. 2, 2013, he robbed the Citizen’s Bank branch located inside the Acme supermarket at 121 East...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Kenneth Kuban Used Craigslist To Stalk An Ex-Girlfriend, Causing Nearly 100 Men To Show Up At Victim’s Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Today, Attorney General Eric Holder delivered an important speech at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco. He spoke about the issue of overcrowding in federal prisons and the policies that have led to this problem. He said that, “too many Americans go to too many prisons for ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: Marblemount, WA - Aug. 12, 2013 - Thunderstorms moved through the western part of North Cascades National Park during the afternoon and early evening of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 dumping heavy rain within a short period of time. This caused the Cascade River Road to wash out at its junction with Boston Creek, stranding approximately 25-35 vehicles parked at the Cascade Pass Trailhead 1½ miles above the washout. Sixty-five stranded people stayed the night in their vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2013
News Release: NORTHSHORE ROAD WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2013
News Release: NORTHSHORE ROAD TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2013
News Release: On Aug. 2, 2013, Regional Director Stan Austin approved the Finding of No Significant Impact for the Kingsley Plantation - Ribault Club Interpretive Tram Tour. The National Park Service, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, has selected Alternative B for implementation which will improve the interpretive connectivity and visitor mobility between the Kingsley Plantation and the Ribault Club by providing an interpretive tram service.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned health care professionals against using sterile products supplied by Specialty Compounding in Cedar Park, Texas because bacterial infections have been potentially associated with contaminated calcium gluconate infusions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: An Athol, Mass., man has been charged in a criminal information with engaging in a practice known as “swatting,” which involves making hoax emergency telephone calls in order to elicit an armed police response (from a SWAT team) for the purpose of harassing someone believed to be at a specific location. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The United States has filed suit against PharMerica Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the Justice Department announced today. The lawsuit alleges that PharMerica violated the False Claims Act and the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing controlled drugs without valid prescriptions and causing claims for illegally dispensed drugs to be submitted to the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: A former sergeant in the Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office (PSO) was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for accepting bribes in exchange for favors and referrals, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that former professional tax return preparers Greene Wylie Sheppard, Sabrina Johnson-Lavant and Chandra Henderson were sentenced this month to serve 56 months, 8 months, and 18 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to defraud ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Tomas Olazabal, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., was arrested today following his indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Aug. 8, 2013, on multiple tax crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department will not pursue federal criminal civil rights or other federal criminal charges against the United States Border Patrol (USBP) agent involved in the shooting incident that resulted in the death of Carlos LaMadrid, the Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department will not pursue federal criminal civil rights or other federal criminal charges against the United States Border Patrol (USBP) agent involved in the shooting incident that resulted in the death of Ramses Barron-Torres, the department announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 9, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker wrapped up the third leg of her nationwide listening tour, during which she is traveling across the country to meet with businesses and thought leaders, entrepreneurs, academics and Department of Commerce employees. While in Nashville, Tenn. and Pella ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 9, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 9, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
