News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, on Aug. 17, 2015, Matthew Farkas, 42, of Montreal, Canada, was sentenced to 37 months in federal...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Bank Fraud Led to Losses in Excess of $93 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two members of a criminal street gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were convicted at trial today on drug conspiracy and weapons charges, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, Rodney A. Mathes, 48, of St. Louis, Missouri, was arraigned and ordered detained, that is held without bond pending trial, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on a two count criminal indictment charging him with Theft of Firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Martinez Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to produce fraudulent identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old man residing in Pharr has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Gerardo Garza-Montenegro pleaded guilty April 20, 2015.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 24-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. John Robert Camp, 24, pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: New Smart on Crime Program Aids Recently Released Offenders to Reenter the Community.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three Charlotte women were sentenced today for conspiring to steal millions from Medicaid, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. All three defendants appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney and were sentenced...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Join Neal Nichols for a free, one-hour, interactive, geography program at 7 PM on Tuesday, August 25 at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Since 1992, this Wellfleet-born artist has been sharing his passion for maps, and impressive memory for drawing them, with audiences. The "Geography Gameshow" is an event that features the rendering of a map from memory through which the audience interacts and participates by identifying specific locations throughout the program.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. -The entrance fee for Glacier National Park will be waived on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in recognition of the National Park Service Birthday. The National Park Service turns 99 years old this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA - In the continued effort to find creative responses to substance abuse, community leaders announced a program in which free drug testing kits will be distributed to Harrison County, West Virginia residents, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, and Bridgeport Police Chief John Walker announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Trafficked heroin and other drugs using virtual currency.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Yuma, Ariz. - Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office, in collaboration with Imperial County and the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), is alerting area visitors and residents to the permanent closure of the Anza Road Bridge/New Briar Flume over the All-American Canal beginning Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled monthly meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health's Temporary Workers Work Group in Washington, D.C. The monthly meetings are scheduled for the following dates in 2015: Aug. 24, Sept. 21, Oct. 16, and November 20.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Employer name: A & W Roofing LLC.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is turning 99 years old on Aug. 25, and Acadia National Park is celebrating with free admission ! Entrance fees will be waived for all visitors on August 25. Come enjoy Acadia's spectacular landscape and miles of historic hiking trails, carriage roads, and scenic drives.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Aug. 18, 2015