News from July 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: Shanksville, PA -The five National Parks in Western PA;Flight 93 National Memorial, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS have partnered with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), the Citizens...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Northcraft, 42, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found a Ville Platte man guilty Tuesday of possessing and receiving thousands of images of child pornography using an internet file sharing program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Three owners and the CEO of a government contracting company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia - all of whom are retired Army National Guard colonels - were indicted today for their alleged participation in a scheme to bribe an active-duty Army National Guard colonel in order to obtain millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that Mike Bloomquist has been named Deputy Staff Director for the committee. Bloomquist succeeds Alexa Marrero, a longtime Capitol Hill veteran who is leaving the committee, and the nation’s capital, as she and her husband relocate to Chicago. Bloomquist, who previously served as the committee’s General Counsel, returns from the private sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two California men were arrested this morning in Los Angeles on charges of conspiring to import and distribute methamphetamine and cocaine into the St. Louis area via the commercial airlines. A third man remains at large.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Following a law enforcement operation that was led Wednesday by the FBI, the Dallas Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), numerous defendants have been arrested and are in custody on drug distribution conspiracy and related charges outlined in a superseding indictment that was returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last month and unsealed this morning.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that Mike Bloomquist has been named Deputy Staff Director for the committee. Bloomquist succeeds Alexa Marrero, a longtime Capitol Hill veteran who is leaving the committee, and the nation’s capital, as she and her husband relocate to Chicago. Bloomquist, who previously served as the committee’s General Counsel, returns from the private sector.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Chairman Rob Portman (R-Ohio), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), House Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Lawrence Estrella, 65, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 92 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for interstate transportation of stolen property. Estrella pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park’s summer programs explore the rich volcanic landscape and celebrate an explosive history and wondrous night sky. Summertime visitors have the opportunity to join in on nature walks, talks, living history and junior ranger programs by day and can turn their...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared Aug 2 through 8, 2015, as "National Farmers Market Week." The declaration was made official by proclamation signed by Secretary Vilsack. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week in honor of the important role that farmers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Spokane-Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Sean Michael Challe, age 29, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced today for three counts of Production of Child Pornography. United States District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced Sean...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact assessing the proposed issuance of a five-year Warren Act approval for conveyance of up to 1,000 acre-feet of non-Central Valley Project water per year from the Kaweah River through the Friant-Kern Canal to the Stone Corral Irrigation District.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Vietnam-Based Scheme Yielded Millions of Dollars in Bribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Jason Ezell, 40, of Lebanon, Tenn., was charged in a criminal information on July 10, 2015, with federal program fraud and wire fraud, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 14, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared Aug. 2 through 8, 2015, as "National Farmers Market Week." The declaration was made official by proclamation signed by Secretary Vilsack. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week in honor of the important role ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Co-Developer and Underwriter Also Plead Guilty A Miami-area real estate developer and owner of a mortgage company, his business partner and a senior mortgage underwriter each pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme involving federally insured mortgages that caused losses of $64 million to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Including these defendants, 25 individuals have pleaded guilty to offenses related to this scheme to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging nine defendants with offenses based on their roles in complex, international stock manipulation and money laundering schemes generating approximately $6.5 million in illicit proceeds.
