News from September 2014
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. White Sands National Monument announces the banning of unmanned aircraft within the Monument. This regulation change implements a policy memorandum signed by National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis on June 20, 2014. The new policy directs National Park Service superintendents...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors have charged a Tuscaloosa County freight broker with bribing two National Guard officials to steer military transport contracts totaling $441,698 to the two Alabama companies he represented, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr. and Frank Robey, director of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's Major Procurement Fraud Unit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif -- The Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center will host a show, complete with artist talks and demonstrations, on September 13 and 14. Running from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day, the free event comes from Hubbell Trading Post, the oldest continuously operated trading post in the American Southwest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Clarence L. Rhodes, age 37, of Rock Hill, South Carolina was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 120 months (10 years) imprisonment today in federal court. Earlier this year, Rhodes plead guilty to being a felon in possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: The owner and operator of a Miami home health care company was sentenced to 75 months in prison today for her participation in a $6.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving the now defunct home health care company, Nestor’s Health Services Inc. (Nestor Home Health).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Keianna A. Jones, 29, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: This week, the committee will convene two hearings in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Northland Pioneer College to Proudly Host Artist-in-ResidenceGary Cawood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A licensed tax return preparer has pleaded guilty to filing more than $41 million worth of false claims against the United States, making her the 53rd and final defendant linked to the quarter billion dollar “Old Quest" tax refund scheme to be convicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jonathan M. Hargett, a former civilian employee of the Department of Defense, pled guilty today to a charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he collected over $2.2 million after submitting fraudulent claims for federal health care benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Former PTA President Made Horrific Videos Of Sex Abuse Of Children.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Dear Colleagues: We understand that a number of senators have asked that you include language in appropriations legislation this fall that would prevent the U. S. Postal Service from closing or consolidating any mail processing facilities in 2015. We strongly disagree with that request and urge you...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. September 8, 2014 14-070. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Visitation Exceeds 2.7 Million. Visitation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - On September 8, 2014, Jenny Nishida, age 41, former Oahu Transit Services Employees Federal Credit Union (OTSEFCU) employee, was sentenced on one felony count of embezzlement and misapplication of funds in a proceeding before Chief United States District Judge, Susan Oki Mollway. Nishida was...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on controlled substance charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding two competitive oil and gas lease sales on Tuesday, September 9 at the BLM Nevada State Office,1340 Financial Blvd., Reno. Registration and assignment of bidding numbers begins at 8 a.m. and the sale begins at 9 a.m. each day. The first oil and gas lease...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal jury in Alexandria found a Las Vegas man guilty of kidnapping and murdering a 12-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Calling prescription drug addiction an “urgent and growing threat" to our nation’s public health, Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday announced a new Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) regulation that would allow pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and other authorized collectors to serve as authorized...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Howard E. Person, Jr., 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 46 months in prison on charges stemming from his embezzlement of $3 million from a small business in the District of Columbia, using his employer’s money for the purchase of a house, trips to casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and other personal expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Clarence L. Rhodes, age 37, of Rock Hill, South Carolina was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 120 months (10 years) imprisonment today in federal court. Earlier this year, Rhodes plead guilty to being a felon in possession...
