News from August 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a bipartisan group of 12 lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, “Medicare Program Integrity: Increased Oversight and Guidance Could Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency of Postpayment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Bowling Green, Kentucky, man was sentenced this week in United States District Court by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., to 10 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana inside Mammoth Cave National Park and inside a residence located in Warren County, Kentucky announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has recently been awarded a "Ticket to Ride" grant from the National Park Foundation. The grant will allow the park to bring school children from urban areas to experience the beauty of the Big South Fork while engaging in in-depth educational programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Eric Gilberto Perez, 23, of Guatemala, and Daniel Gomez-Gonzalez, 32, of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and manufacture of marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Anthony Lee McThrow, 28, formerly residing on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2014, to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman. In November 2013, McThrow pled guilty to a single count indictment charging failure to register as...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio man has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation, including four months in a community confinement center followed by four months home confinement, on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend The Harpers Ferry Armory and the War of 1812, a Bicentennial Commemorative event, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. This special event marks the 200th anniversary of Jefferson County's Captain George W. Humphrey's company of volunteers being...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Friends of Theodore Roosevelt National Park to Sponsor Elkhorn Ranch Outing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Justice Assistance, an agency of the United States Department of Justice, awarded an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) to the City of Stockton to prevent and control crime, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 42-year-old Nederland, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder - and all of us at the Department of Justice who work on criminal justice issues - take seriously our obligation to protect the safety of all Americans and the security of our nation; to safeguard civil and human rights; to prevent and combat violent crime, financial fraud, and threats to the most vulnerable members of society; and to strengthen collaboration among government, law enforcement and our community partners.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Registration: No Charge. Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md. NIST, known for advancing measurement science, standards and technology, will host the 2014 Forensics@NIST conference to present its latest advances in forensic science research. In response to requests...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) applauded the announcement of $250 million in federal funds to support early education through a joint effort by the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Part of the new Preschool Development Grants competition, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Armed career criminal receives enhanced sentence for lengthy criminal history.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the August 2014 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A federal grand jury in Fort Worth, Texas, returned an indictment late today charging a former teacher with two counts of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Roger Andrews Defrauded Victims of $1.4 Million Pitching a Bogus Land Deal in Indiana and Committed Perjury at Trial in an Attempt to Evade Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: Javon Dockery, age 29, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been indicted on four counts of bank robbery and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The charges are contained in Superseding Indictment filed on Aug. 13, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Bucyrus, Kan., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to a bank fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $543,000 from one employer, and admitted that she also stole more than $188,000 from a subsequent employer.
