News from June 2013
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Chiricahua National Monument Superintendent H. Lane Baker announced today that portions of the Bonita Canyon Campground will be closed beginning Monday, July 8. Bonita Creek flows through the campground and is fed by several washes. In anticipation of heavy monsoon rains, around 15 of the 25 sites in...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Legislation advancing efforts for Taiwan to obtain observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly passed the Congress today and heads to the President for signature. Identical legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: A Fairlawn man was sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $14 million in restitution for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Florida and a separate scheme to defraud two elderly investors, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Larry T. Chuppa was charged today with one count of structuring cash deposits into a financial institution in order to evade bank reporting requirements, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Since the United States of America’s filing of a civil Complaint on May 29, 2013, against Philadelphia food warehouse New Rich City Trading Corporation, its president and owner, Ms. Xiaoping Sun, and its manager, Mr. Si Yan Chuen, the parties have entered into a Consent Decree to resolve allegations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: NOAA will finalize the proposed process and criteria upon receiving public comment. NOAA will then consider whether to begin accepting nominations for new sanctuaries.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: No new fires have been detected in Denali National Park and Preserve in the past 24 hours, and fire activity has slowed due to the cool, moist weather the area is experiencing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, 2012, visitors at Mount Rainier National Park reported seeing a body lying near the Wonderland Trail north of Longmire, near the Rampart Ridge Trail. Rangers responded and determined that the individual, a 58-year-old man, was deceased, and a victim of suicide. He has...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Smerka, 56, James Simmons, 38, and Timothy Borkowski, 46, all of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed recently charges a couple with defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") by filing false individual income tax returns that claimed refunds to which they were not entitled. The indictment, which was filed under seal on June 18, 2013, charges Mark Allen...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Fire Island National Seashore is offering special programs at the William Floyd Estate from July 4 to 7, 2013. "The Civil War and the Floyds" provides an opportunity to see artifacts and hear stories about the Floyd family's personal involvement in the Civil War.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors." While most drugs under Medicare are offered to seniors through Part D drug plans, some medications and services of physicians are reimbursed through Medicare Part B.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Michael Destry Williams, age 49, of Pueblo, Colorado, was arrested without incident on Wednesday, June 26th on charges of tax evasion, structuring, bank fraud, and interfering with IRS laws, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, Treasury Inspector General...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the Energy and Commerce Committee’s release of an advanced legislative framework to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system, leading members of Congress reacted with increased optimism on reforming the current Medicare physician payment system. Today’s announced legislative framework would repeal the SGR and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES DISCOURAGED AT LAKE MEAD NRA DURING HEAT WARNING.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco has returned a superseding indictment against Jonathan Mota, 31, for murder caused by a firearm; for Hobbs Act robbery, a crime of violence; and for use and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that robbery, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ELIZABETH GLOSEMEYER of St. Louis County, was indicted on two counts of wire fraud.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors." While most drugs under Medicare are offered to seniors through Part D drug plans, some medications and services of physicians are reimbursed through Medicare Part B.
