News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Diana J. Stout, age 56, of Bethesda, Maryland, today to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for making a false statement in bankruptcy, and concealment of assets, in connection with her Chapter 7 Bankruptcy case. Judge Motz also ordered Stout to pay restitution of $155,747.83.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a project to repave 6.1 miles of Newfound Gap Road will begin in May. This work is part of a multi-phased rehabilitation project started in 2007. The section to be resurfaced extends from Chimney's Picnic Area south to an overlook approximately 2 miles south of the Alum Cave Bluffs parking area where the last phase ended.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Defendant’s Scheme Involved Complex Web Of Worthless Checks And Wire Transfers And Approximately $5 Million In Fraud Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - An East Falmouth man was charged today with trafficking Viagra.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: - Founder Thomas Gibson sentenced to 70 months in federal prison;.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor today announced that Reclamation has selected five Title XVI water reuse projects in California and New Mexico to receive $15.6 million in funding through the Department of the Interior's WaterSMART program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining theInternal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., resident was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography. Paul Leslie Kannarr, 68, formerly of Kansas City, was...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: On May 21, 2013, Daniel Geary, 39, of Caseyville, IL, was sentenced in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of False Statement related to Health Care Matters, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: For 2013, the outlook calls for a 70 percent chance of a below-normal season, a 25 percent chance of a near-normal season, and a 5 percent chance of an above-normal season. We expect 1 to 3 tropical cyclones to affect the central Pacific this season. An average season has 4 to 5 tropical cyclones, which include tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Prosecutors Seek to Dismiss One Defendant from Drug Conspiracy Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, May 13, 2013- Do you want to take a field trip and explore Wolf Creek while you are in it catching critters? Or perhaps you would rather march in a puppet parade to celebrate the New River? You can participate in these activities and more at the New River Festival June 7 - 9...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today began the 90-day public comment period on the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - On Friday, May 17, 2013, four additional defendants, who pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a major methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in Wichita Falls, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced that Christian M. Araujo, a/k/a Christian Sanchez, 46, of Providence, has been ordered detained in federal custody on...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Atlantic County man who has allegedly been a fugitive since being charged in 2010 with multiple crimes in connection with a large-scale heroin distribution conspiracy was arrested last night in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Fredonia, AZ -Mark these dates on your calendar for evening bat programs at Pipe Spring National Monument -May 27 at 7:00 pm AZ (8 UT), July 10at 7:30pmAZ (8:30 UT) and August 9 at 7:00 pm AZ (8 UT)! Pipe Spring has been monitoring the bat population at the monument for over 10 years. Monitoring efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. Renal Care, headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA) violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for more Epogen than was actually administered to dialysis...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A pharmacist from Tennessee has pleaded guilty to substituting a cheaper drug imported from China for the iron sucrose that the Federal Drug Administration has approved for kidney dialysis patients, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The misbranded drug was administered to kidney dialysis patients in Kansas.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said high-ranking IRS officials should have taken firm action - including potentially transferring or firing employees - to end the screenings of conservative groups’ applications for tax exemptions. Senator Baucus...
