News from August 2015
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is holding a listening session on the federal coal program on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Campbell County Library in Gillette. The session is being held to seek information from the public about how the BLM can best carry out its responsibility to ensure...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A pharmacist working at two New Jersey hospitals today admitted abusing his position to tamper with and steal hundreds of vials of medication, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A former supervisor with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of theft of money from the government, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A Houston federal jury found Brandon Antwan Junior, 32, of Houston, guilty of stealing from the USPS following a three-day trial and less than two hours of deliberation on May 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Nancy Killackey, 57, of North Adams, Mass., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 18 months of probation and ordered to pay restitution of $72,635 to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON -William Lengieza, 36, of Chicopee, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Lengieza previously pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: HELENA - The United States Attorney’s Office announces today that a civil suit has been filed in federal court against George Kornec, Philip Nappo, and Intermountain Mining and Refining, LLC, in relation to alleged unauthorized illegal actions on mining claims in the Helena National Forest. Kornec and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for a firearm violation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has formed an international alliance with about a dozen telecommunications companies and universities to model and measure wireless channels at much higher frequencies than those used today to hasten the development of future cellphones and other devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Sheldon Robinson, of Jamaica, pled guilty today to a one-count indictment alleging false statements in applying for a U.S. passport announced Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay $23,399.78 in Restitution to VAMC.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: More Than 150,000 Press Releases Stolen from Three Major Newswire Companies, Used to Generate Approximately $30 Million in Illegal Trading Profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Five men were charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, with heroin and cocaine trafficking throughout Worcester County.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: The comment period for the Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy for the 25,069-acre Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone will close Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the draft strategy for the Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone, located in Lincoln County, Nevada...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: A 46-year old male from Bellingham, WA was killed by rock fall on Sunday, August 9, 2015 in the Fisher Peak area near Easy Pass in North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Other members of his group responded immediately to provide first aid and initiated CPR shortly thereafter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Gustavo Collado Rodriguez, 19, and David Angel Prieto, 22, both of Caldwell, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kentucky man pleaded guilty in federal court today to traveling to Missouri for illicit sex with a 15-year-old girl and to attempting to entice a second child victim...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: A former president of Broward Teachers Union was charged with committing mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement following an announcement by China’s central bank that it devalued its currency...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: The Thompson Fire started on August 9th and continues burning in the remote Nyack area, located in the south-central region of the Glacier National Park. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
