News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $322,617.31, for his participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving cashed tax refund checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: An Alton man, previously convicted by a jury in the Southern District of Illinois for Maintaining Drug-Involved Premises Near a School, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Distribution of Cocaine Near a School, was sentenced to 240...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Labor proposed changes to federal overtime rules...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: RUPERT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will be installing a permanent restroom near the pedestrian fishing bridge and paved parking lot adjacent to the south side of Minidoka Dam. The bridge and parking lot will be closed July 13 to July 16 for construction. Minidoka Dam is located on the Snake River about 18 miles northeast of Burley, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 151 months for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Assaulting an Elderly African-American Man.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending a deadline by 60 days to allow members of the public to submit comments on the supplemental notices of proposed rulemaking for the Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order and referendum procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Winston Dale Cronkhite II, 32, of Passadumkeag, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to one year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for receiving a firearm while under indictment. Cronkhite pleaded guilty to the charge on March 6, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: The Wyoming Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wishes everyone an enjoyable, but safe 4th of July."Despite the recent precipitation please remember to take care and use caution enjoying our beautiful public lands in Wyoming," said Fire Mitigation Specialist Carmen Thomason. "The smallest spark has the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today a $20,324,902.22 civil settlement with Community Health Network (ACHN), a non-profit health system with more than 200 sites of care and affiliates throughout the State of Indiana. The settlement will resolve allegations that CHN submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Kershawn Globe, aka Memphis, 36, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty yesterday to armed bank robbery and use of a firearm during a federal crime of violence, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Globe robbed the 5/3 Bank on East Thompson Lane in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Edward Joseph Peterson, 61, of the Lac Du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in Wisconsin, received a seven-year sentence in federal prison for child sexual abuse on June 29, 2015. A grand jury charged Peterson with seven counts of abusive sexual contact with four...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHALID ABOUTAYEB, 47, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to approximately three weeks of imprisonment, time already served, three months of home confinement and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Mariposa Grove Closure and Badger Pass-Glacier Point Shuttle to be implemented after weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Traci Weaver or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Sunday, July 12, marks the celebration of the Horace M. Albright Visitor Center Grand Re-opening and Dedication. After closing the Albright Visitor Center in the fall of 2013, crews reconfigured the building for better accessibility and retrofitted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Donald Feith, Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that James Whinnem, 34, formerly of Manchester, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Landya B. McCafferty in Concord to a three count information charging him with one count...
By State Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: International inspectors must have ‘anywhere, anytime’ access - not ‘some places, sometimes,’ says Foreign Affairs Chair.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced proposed rules to restore overtime protections for millions of Americans. Murray...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a four-day jury trial, Randy Charriez-Rolón was found guilty of two counts of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in Criminal Sexual Conduct and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Chief United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Larry Maurice Favorite, 33, and Juanita Eva Velasquez, 63, both of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute nearly nine kilograms of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth...
