News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Michigan men who were part of a conspiracy that funneled large quantities of heroin from Detroit to Huntington between 2012 and 2014 were sentenced to federal prison today, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Robert Lamar Payne, 31, of Detroit, was sentenced to 87 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Abel Martin Carreon, 57, formerly of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme involving surety bonds and government contracts, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgardo Fournier, aka Edgardo Fournier-Nigaglioni, 46, of Perris, was sentenced today to six years and 10 months in prison for his involvement in a large‑scale marijuana cultivation operation on federal land in Kern County and for his role in starting the Nicolls Fire, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.

By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Update on the Takata Airbag Ruptures and Recalls."
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A criminal complaint has been unsealed in the Southern District of Texas following the arrest of a Spring man on allegations he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson made the announcement along with Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Dan Wallen, 34, of Bigfork, Montana was sentenced today to $15,000 in restitution, and three years of probation for shooting three grizzly bears at his residence near Bigfork, Montana. Wallen is also required to serve sixty days of his sentence in a pre-release center. United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch sentenced Wallen after finding him guilty following a bench trial in March 2015, of three counts of Unlawfully Taking a Threatened Species.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: OMAHA -Larry Johnson, a 32-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the new Superintendent of Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Riverways). Johnson is the Superintendent of Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota, and since January, 2015, has been on a detail assignment to the Riverways as Acting Superintendent.He begins his new assignment in mid-June.

By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."

By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Visits by world leaders to the President's Gettysburg farm, the President's Secret Service protection, his WWI experiences in the Tank Corps, the D-Day invasion and more are the focus of National Park Service programs at Eisenhower National Historic Site this summer.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Victim Was Shot Seven Times in Back in December 2011.

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Defendant Tried To Lure American Soldiers To A Compound In Afghanistan That Was Rigged With Explosives; Also Facilitated The Entry Of An American Citizen Into Al-Qaeda.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."

By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., sentenced Damien Riley, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 210 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin and one count of possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., sentenced Damien Riley, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 210 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin and one count of possession with intent ...
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."

By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Cedar Rapids, Iowa - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa will join the Waterloo Police Department, Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, and the Black Hawk County Attorney’s Office in holding a joint press conference on May 27, 2015, announcing federal gun-related criminal charges against seven individuals. This joint law enforcement action is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which has as its purpose reducing incidences of gun violence.