News from August 2015
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: To protect fish during the ongoing severe drought, an emergency closure of recreational fishing will be enacted on Monday, August 10 at 12:01 a.m. on most rivers and streams within Olympic National Park. Current conditions have made Pacific salmon, steelhead and bulltrout exceptionally vulnerable because of low stream flows and high water temperatures.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Bruce Smith, 58, of Lincoln, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of firearms by an unlawful user of bath salts.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - At approximately 2:02 pm a U.S. Park Police officer was advised by a motorist that their vehicle was shot at and identified the suspect vehicle; a gold Lexus. U.S. Park Police and neighboring agencies pursued a gold Lexus from W/B Suitland Parkway in the area of Branch Avenue. The pursuit ended at approximately 2:46 pm N/B 295 south of Oxon Cove with one arrest. USPP also recovered a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $63 million in loans and grants for 264 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide that USDA is supporting through its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Defendant Lied During Sworn Testimony to the SEC and Impersonated His.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade Police Department officer pled guilty to participating in a wire fraud scheme, arising out of the operation of a series of credit repair businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Robert Thomas Doyle was sentenced today to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $142,031 for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas McMahon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Official Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park continues to see record visitation. According to visitor-use statistics, the park’s year-to-date visitation has increased over 11% from this time in 2014. Last year was a record year for visitation with 2.3 million visitors to Glacier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - The former president of a Southwest Side construction company paid off-the-books cash wages to workers and under-reported their hours as part of a scheme to defraud the benefit funds of the employees’ labor union, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NORAMIE JASMIN, the former mayor of Spring Valley in Rockland County, was sentenced today in federal court in White Plains to four years in prison for fraud and extortion, charges that stemmed from her misuse...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: On August 6, 2015, Isaac Jackson, 35, of Murphysboro, pled guilty to a three-count indictment charging two counts of distribution of crack cocaine and methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Forest Service for finalizing the first large scale restoration project under the agency’s expanded Good Neighbor Authority (GNA). The project - expected ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: Defendants Used Stolen Identities and Hundreds of Stolen Credit Card Numbers to Fraudulently Obtain over $1 Million in Goods, Services, and Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: A Miami-area pharmacy owner pleaded guilty today to submitting almost $1.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A New Mexico man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme in which Social Security benefits were obtained using stolen identities, and the proceeds wired to Nigeria.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The east side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is open to vehicle access from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Drivers should drive cautiously and be aware of firefighting activities along the road due to the Reynolds Creek Fire.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
News Release: With 37 bipartisan bills advanced, the Finance Committee of the 114th Congress has worked to restore regular order, enhance the committee process and give members on both sides of the aisle more say in the legislative process.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, August 7, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will become the 52nd state agency to operate the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. The program is part of USDA's efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of seniors, ensuring that all older Americans have access to healthy food.
