News from November 2015
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park and Heritage Partnerships Program, Intermountain Region, National Park Service (NPS), have partnered on a project to nominate Painted Desert Community Complex as a National Historic Landmark, the highest level of recognition for an historic place with exceptional value.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Inhofe, Boxer Statement on House Passage of Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former business owner in Sparta, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in allowing his customers’ information to be stolen and used to promote a bank fraud scheme that used stolen mail and fake identifications to cash nearly $160,000 in fraudulent checks in Webster County, Mo., and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW GOLDREICH, 46, of East Lyme, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to two years of probation, including three months of home confinement, for producing and disseminating false advertisements for mortgage modification services. Chief Judge Hall also ordered GOLDREICH to pay a $100,000 fine and $75,794 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Carlos I. Arce-López, aka “Ferretero," was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On April 23, 2015, the defendant pleaded...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Victorian Holiday Celebration at Cincinnati's NPS Site.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., promised to dig into the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement between the United States and 11 Asian Pacific nations, which was released today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Moab, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Moab Field Office is seeking public input on a proposal from Grand County for a water load out facility adjacent to State Route 279 (Potash Road) on the north side of the Colorado River. The proposed facility would be located at Mile Marker 13.7 (approximately...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today was joined by the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Jerzy Buzek and members of the European Parliament in a roundtable discussion about energy policy and security. Earlier this year, bipartisan members of the committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), New England Region, announced today that Rhode Island Dermatology and Cosmetic Center, LLC, and Rhode Island...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The final of seven defendants residing in the Brownsville area have been sentenced for their respective roles in an alien smuggling operation operating throughout South Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - San Antonio. All had pleaded guilty to charges at varying times in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Raleigh - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, DAVID ANTHONY KLINE, 32, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to solicitation and receipt of a gratuity and aiding and abetting the same, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 201(c)(1)(B) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark federal grand jury today indicted an Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, woman for tax evasion and using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions from two law firms where she was a partner, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the indictment of TYWIN BENDER, a/k/a/ “Finn Winn," 25, and ROYAL ANGEL HINES, 20, for conspiring to retaliate against two federal witnesses. HINES made an initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Tony Leung in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn. BENDER will make an initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The White House brought together tribal leaders from federally recognized tribes to participate in the 7th Annual White House Tribal Nations Conference on Nov. 5, 2015. The President and members of his Cabinet discussed issues of importance to tribal leaders, with an emphasis on ways the Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Dennis Harold French, 53, of Caseyville, Illinois, was sentenced following his guilty plea to charges that he stole disability benefits from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board. The United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - - A two year investigation of a major drug trafficking ring in King and Snohomish counties culminated in 12 arrests today following the unsealing of a grand jury indictment and filing of criminal complaints against two dozen defendants. Over the two years of the Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant Entered Apartment While Student Was Sleeping Inside.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (114th Congress) . Background Memo . Participants . Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). Chairman Jerzy Buzek of the European Parliament. Members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee. Members of the European Parliament. Opening Statement of Energy...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the Obama administration notified Congress of its intent to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The announcement comes after the administration released the final text of the agreement.
