News from July 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 10:00 AM. Closures are scheduled to continue through Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 at approximately 4:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald J. Peel, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 17 and a half years in prison for transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Pair Committed a String of Armed Robberies of Fast Food Restaurants in Metroplex.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: “Cyber attacks now pose one of the greatest threats to our national and economic security. Americans just need to read the news to understand the consistent barrage of attacks our federal agencies, businesses, and critical infrastructure face in cyber space - on a daily basis. This growing threat is...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: · In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (NHP) is planning a number of events for the upcoming year. This August, Harpers Ferry NHP is putting on an after-hours movie night called Harpers Ferry NHP Presents: Screen on the Green. The...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Yellowstone National Park will hold a public meeting on Monday, Aug. 10, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Visitor Information Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, to discuss the park's draft Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan. The draft plan outlines a strategy to identify which affected resources should...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Allen J. Redmond, 51, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on July 30, 2015, to a total of 84 months in prison on one count of a four-count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mitchell Orewiler, age 34, of Adams County, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg to 15 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relating to refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Hershey Medical Center Research Technologist has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on health care fraud and false statements charges in connection with performing flawed genetic diagnostic tests for 124 cancer patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident pled guilty to filing more than $7 million in false refund claims with the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Former Miami-Dade Police Department Public Service Aide and the owner of a tow truck company were charged in an illegal bribery and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 228 months imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Tareena Hudson, 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, after her uncle’s death in November 2006 until March 2014 the defendant received retirement benefits intended for her uncle. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $102,993.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Harry Hinks, 49, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY -To accommodate a dust abatement application, a brief travel closure will be in place for about 48 hours, beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, August 4, on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park. The road will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, August 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal peacemaker who spent months working with community and police in Ferguson, Mo., will be a featured speaker at the U.S. Attorney’s Kansas Civil Rights Symposium in Topeka.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will intermittently close Shasta Dam Road beginning Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 21, for construction work on the Shasta Temperature Control Device. The closures will take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. during weekdays only; Shasta Dam Road will be open during the weekends.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule that would implement the National Organic Standards Board’s (NOSB) sunset review recommendations by removing two substances - marsala wine and sherry wine - from the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) for use in organic production and handling. The proposed rule would also remove two expired substances from the National List.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: ASHLAND - An Ashland, Ky., couple has been convicted by a jury of crimes related to a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Kentucky Medicaid Program, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of 15 years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2015
News Release: Fire Island Lighthouse. Reduced Lighthouse Tower Tours. Parking available for a fee at Robert Moses State Park, Field #5. Tower Tour Information: 631-661-4876. Sailors Haven. Half-price ferry tickets: $6.50 R/T Adults, $3.75 R/T Children. Sayville Ferry Service. 41 River Road, Sayville NY. Sailors Haven Visitor...
