News from August 2015
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service turning 99 years old, the Obed Wild and Scenic River will be hosting a combined birthday celebration and an Art in the Park reception on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Obed Visitor Center, located at 208 North Maiden Street in downtown Wartburg. The reception will start at 5:00 p.m. (ET).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Antwan Travers, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges arising from his participation in a conspiracy to commit three armed robberies of commercial establishments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marcus McBride, 25, of Clarksburg, was sentenced today to twelve months and one day in prison for his role in possessing and distributing heroin and marijuana in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRINA MARIE BOURG, age 45, of Houma, entered a plea of guilty to all five counts of a Superseding Indictment for crimes involving the solicitation of illegal payments from undocumented clients and their family members.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), who has introduced the Healthy Families Act in every Congress since 2004 and whose home state of Connecticut was the first in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Carencro Police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving cash payments from James Panos, former owner and manager of Desperado’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A family medicine physician with offices in Cresskill and Little Falls, New Jersey, today admitted defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by billing them for non-existent office visits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail and ordered to forfeit $142,780 and a Cadillac Escalade on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Victims included McConnell Senate Committee. Defendant admits to purchasing vacation condominiums, luxury automobiles and jewelry with the stolen funds. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The former vendor for multiple local, state, and federal campaigns, PACs, and non-profit organizations throughout the United States...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is pleased to welcome back Art Peters on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Peters is the Curator and Director of the Hinton Historical Museum in Hinton, OK. Last year, Art discussed the California Wagon Road which crosses through Rodger Mills County and western...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Join us on Saturday August 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site theater for a night at the movies. This month Washita's 'Summer Movies in the Park' features a film based on Sherman Alezie's short novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Funny and moving, this Sundance Film Festival award winning film will challenge the Native American stereotypes found throughout film history.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Former Town of Halfmoon Supervisor Admits to Hobbs Act Extortion and False Statement.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Kawaihae, HI - Due to a brushfire that engulfed more than 4,650 acres in the Kawaihae area over the weekend, Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site remains closed Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 10 and 11. The park could open as early as Wednesday, once firefighters finish extinguishing smoldering hot spots in the park, and park archeologists assess any damage to cultural sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN ROBINSON was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 20 years in prison for leading a robbery crew that committed violent daytime robberies of jewelry and watch stores in 2013 and 2014. Since February...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., Washita Battlefield National Historic Site will host Park Rangers Don Yates and Vickie Skidmore from Chickasaw National Recreation Area. They will discus the need to preserve the darkness of our night sky from the pressing issues of cities expanding into the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Paul Hebert, 50, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, formerly of Barre, Vermont, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges related to Social Security fraud and Medicaid fraud. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Hebert on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with DeKalb Regional Crisis Center (DeKalb Regional), a mental health and addiction facility, to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Five individuals have been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola for their roles in a drug conspiracy case, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that six Springfield, Mo., residents are among seven defendants indicted for their roles in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Former New Jersey Resident Charged with Conspiracy and Attempt to Provide Material Support To ISIL.
