News from November 2015

By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Berths Now Available at the Aquatic Bathhouse Information Desk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Two former residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of concealing a person from arrest and accessory after the fact, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the owner of a Harrisburg-based ambulance company has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $494,378 in restitution and fines.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Miami-Area Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Part D Fraud Scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Defendant Transferred Sexually Transmitted Disease to Pre-Teen Child.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: OSHKOSH, WI - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made these remarks about the terrorist attacks in Paris.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Yamini Potter, 29, of St. Thomas and Alana Liburd, 34, of St. John for impersonating FBI agents, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez sentenced Potter to 12 months in prison, one year of supervised release...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Eastern National, a partner to the National Park Service, would like to invite you to meet author Dr. Aaron Astor, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 during the commemoration of the Battles for Chattanooga.Dr. Astor will be available at the Point Park Visitor Center to sign his book, "The Civil War Along Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau" from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. with a special presentation at 1:00 p.m.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment today charging two elected members of the School Board of Donna with bribery and attempted extortion in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District (DISD). A private citizen who served as a middleman in the scheme also was charged.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Assistant Manager of the Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo to a sentence of time served followed by two years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Defendant and Accomplice Targeted Victim in Robbery.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 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 on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole, a challenge to an extreme Texas abortion law that marks the first time the Court has heard an abortion case since 2007.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that Tuesday in federal court, LEIGH LANGLEY COBB, 43, of Winterville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Making Materially False, Fictitious, and Fraudulent Statements and Entries Concerning Health Care Matters.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Nov. 12, 2015 sentenced Sherrymae Morales, 54, of St. Croix, to 12 months and one day in prison, and three years of supervised release, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Morales to serve 200 hours of community service, repay $45,426 in restitution to the Virgin Islands National Guard, and pay a special assessment of $2,100.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold an auction Tuesday, November 17at 10 a.m. to sell 33 parcels of public land, totaling 625.52 acres. Parcels vary in size from 1.25 to 98.75 acres and are located in the Las Vegas Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Phasor Measurement Units (PMU's) provide synchronized measurements at high rates for wide area situational awareness and decision support for mission critical applications. High quality PMU data is vital for these applications, especially for real-time wide area control.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Nov. 13, 2015 BOS 2015-210. Employer name: Tomra NY Recycling LLC, 31 Opus Blvd., Schenectady, New York 12306. Reason for inspection: A worker at the company's Schenectady recycling facility was operating a baler on May 14, 2015, when he was struck by a forklift that was attempting to pass by. The worker...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Leon White (30, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.White has also agreed to forfeit the monetary proceeds he obtained by passing the counterfeit notes, as well as the computer media he used to manufacture them. A sentencing date has not yet been set.