News from May 2014
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Outer Banks Group Superintendent Barclay Trimble invites the public to experience the great ocean resources at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Sunday, June 8, 2014 in celebration of World Oceans Day. First recognized by the United Nations in 2008, World Oceans Day is designated as a special day for people around the globe to celebrate ocean resources.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man today admitted committing the armed robbery of a PNC Bank in Montclair, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: - Glacier National Park will host a community meeting on Thursday, June 5, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the St. Mary Visitor Center Auditorium in St. Mary.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, May 29, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Anthony D. Scott, 28, of Columbus was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 240 months in prison for distributing the heroin that led to the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Denita Hill, age 25, of Baltimore, and Robert Johnson, age 32, of Perry Hall, Maryland, on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, related to a scheme to defraud the City of Baltimore through the reissuance of fraudulent checks for pay and benefits. The indictment was returned on May 7, 2014, and unsealed late yesterday upon the arrest of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that John Killingbeck, 63, of Utica, New York was sentenced in federal court in Utica today on two counts of receiving and three counts of possessing child pornography, stemming from his conviction on those charges in December following a jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Najeebah Tanzil, of Pontiac, Michigan, pleaded guilty today for her involvement in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement (as prepared) at today’s Full Committee Markup of H.R. 4742, “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act.".
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Against the unanimous opposition of Committee Democrats, Ways and Means Republicans today voted to add $287 billion to the deficit by making bonus depreciation permanent, thereby rendering the tax policy ineffective. The vote contradicted the position that Republicans took in the Tax Reform Discussion...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Steven E. Slawson has been indicted by a federal grand jury for participating in a long-running insider trading conspiracy involving Carter’s, Inc. stock.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released a staff report, The Department of Justice’s “Operation Choke Point": Illegally Choking Off Legitimate Businesses?, on the DOJ’s wide-ranging investigation of banks and payment processors. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Joplin, Mo., middle school teacher was sentenced in federal court today for sexually exploiting a child victim to produce child pornography. Charles D. Gastel...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Former Policeman And Various Employees Indicted For Operating An Illegal Internet Pharmacy.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: On June 7, 2014, Everglades National Park invites the local community to celebrate National Trails Day by volunteering at the Park.National Trails Day encourages all Americans to get outside to experience, appreciate, and celebrate the natural places where we can find spectacular scenery, peace of mind, and recreation.On this day, we will remove graffiti from the popular Bobcat boardwalk and trash from the L67 canal in the Shark Valley District.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: First Call Ambulance Service, LLC., will pay $500,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA"), announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The settlement resolves allegations by the United States and Tennessee that First Call up coded billings for ambulance transports provided to patients covered by federal healthcare programs and TennCare, Tennessee’s joint state/federal Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Travis Wetzel, age 35, of Frederick, Maryland on charges arising from the illegal transfer of $1,282,224 from a client’s annuity account. The indictment was returned on May 28, 2014 and Wetzel was arrested today.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement on the Department of Energy’s proposal for considering liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications:
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A rural Vermilion county man, Robert Lee Garrison, 43, of the 10,000 block of 2750 N Road, Potomac, Ill., was arrested today on child pornography charges and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal, in Urbana. A federal grand jury in Peoria recently returned the indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who violently assaulted a woman with a taser device at an apartment complex in Las Vegas and carjacked her vehicle, was sentenced this week to 15 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national living in Medway was sentenced today for fraudulently receiving more than $120,000 in federal housing funds and identity fraud.
