News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Randy James Hirst, 57, of Rathdrum, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Hirst was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d'Alene on Oct. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky physician was charged today by a federal grand jury with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients. He was also charged with health care fraud and unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances. The charges were jointly announced...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office, Fremont County and the Cañon City Area Metropolitan Recreation and Park District are hosting a public meeting to seek input on a proposal to develop non-motorized trails in the Ecology Park area that connect...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today named Jeff Reinbold as the bureau's assistant director for partnerships and civic engagement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Former Spalding County Fire Battalion Chief Dwayne Tyrone Coggins and former Firefighter Michael Owens have been sentenced for tipping off drug dealers to police activity in the Griffin, Ga., area. Both were convicted in October 2014, after a jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Thomas R. Rodella, 53, the former Rio Arriba County Sheriff, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge James O. Browning for his conviction on criminal civil rights and firearms charges. Rodella was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for his deprivation of rights conviction...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX -- Superintendent Robert Maguire is pleased to announce the completion of the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (ORV Plan) for Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. The plan is a culmination of a great deal of time, energy and input from members of the public, other agencies and the National...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), along with 20 other senators, introduced the American Liberty Restoration Act, S. 203, a bill that repeals Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, by a bipartisan vote of 253 to 169. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), would expedite the construction of natural gas pipelines...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, by a bipartisan vote of 253 to 169. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), would expedite the construction of natural gas pipelines...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott Lampert, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Regional Office of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG"), Thomas E. Bishop, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Additional Charges Include Health Care Fraud and Unlawful Distribution or Dispensing of Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Orlando residents Shawn Lamonte (42) and Corey Jamaal (37) guilty of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Sentenced to 121 Months in Federal Prison for Criminal Civil Rights and Firearms Conviction.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Howes, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: State-Federal Agreement Alleges Defendants Operated Unlawful Grant Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is now seeking public comment on analysis for a comprehensive non-motorized trail network near Meeker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Remarks As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Rob, for that kind introduction. I am honored to be invited to speak on this panel with esteemed colleagues from the SEC, FCA, SFO, and the private sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Carry Out Armed Attacks Against United States Military Personnel and Facilitated the Entry of an American Citizen into Al-Qaeda A complaint and arrest warrant were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Saddiq Al-Abbadi, also known ...
