News from July 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt in their continued oversight of the Medicaid program.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA JULY 4 TO AUG 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Cheryl Garcia, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Regional Office of the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Humberto Lozano III, 27, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for receiving child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Lozano was ordered to begin serving his sentence on Sept. 2, 2015. On release, he will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney MaryEllen Kresse, who handled the case, stated that between April and October 2013, Oertelt, who was employed as a health care provider for an 87-year old legally blind veteran, used the veteran’s signature stamp without his knowledge or permission to issue checks to herself totaling...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park continues its popular outdoor summer movie series onSaturday, July 11, with the showing of the movie, "The Sons of Katie Elder," starring John Wayne and Dean Martin at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. The film starts at dusk and will be presented on a large outdoor screen. Access to the ranch begins at7:00 pm. A movie trivia contest will precede the film. Prizes will be given out to lucky contest winners.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO-The Cave Research Foundation successfully completed the removal of spray painted graffiti from the face of Chalk Bluff on June 29.Chalk Bluff, a scenic cliff that rises approximately 120 feet above the Jacks Fork River, is a well-known landmark within Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July 1, 2015, Dr. Dong Pyou Han, age 58, appeared in United States District Court and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison based on his earlier guilty pleas to two counts of making false statements to the National Institutes of Health. Sentence was imposed by United States...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces two appointments to the 15-member citizen-based Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds."Our Resource Advisory Councils...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Heroin trafficking conspiracy processed and distributed large quantities of high-purity heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eric M. Shaffer, 42, of Modesto, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of theft of government property for taking Department of Defense property worth more than $316,000, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Boston Teamsters Local 82 pleaded guilty on Monday, June 29, 2015 in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with stealing unemployment insurance benefits.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt in their continued oversight of the Medicaid program.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -National Park Service rangers and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue divers are in the process of recovering a 17-year-old North Las Vegas boy who was last seen swimming in Lake Mohave near Morning Star Cove.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ARMER BRIGHT, 51, a resident of Baton Rouge and former employee of the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB"), pled guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: RENO, Nev.- On June 24, an order dismissing pending appeals to the BLM’s 2014 closure decision on the Argenta Allotment in the Battle Mountain District was approved by Administrative Law Judge James Heffernan. The order allows a settlement agreement between ranchers and the BLM to take effect and cattle to be released back onto the range.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 8, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid at 50: Strengthening and Sustaining the Program." Witnesses from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Government Accountability Office, and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission will testify.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DARIUS ISOM, St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to an additional six months in prison for failing to appear to federal prison to serve his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two individuals associated with the public corruption investigation of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, one of whom was indicted last July with Commissioner Price, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney this morning, through plea agreements and factual resumes, to federal offenses, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced the filing of a civil asset forfeiture action seeking the forfeiture of a full mount taxidermied female tiger (panthera tigris), which the government alleges was imported into the United States in violation of the Endangered Species Act and without a valid importation permit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
