News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to sixty months in prison and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: San Francisco, CA - The final stage of the 1895 C.A. Thayer’s rehabilitation will begin with a trip from San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s Hyde Street Pier to the Bay Ship and Yacht shipyard in Alameda at 8am on Thursday, October 15. After her three new masts are stepped (installed)...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its investigation of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Members today heard from Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen USA, and the Environmental Protection Agency as they work toward understanding the facts and circumstances around this cheating and how it went undetected for so long.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - LaRosa Bolton, age 54, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to theft of government property in connection with a scheme to fraudulently receive reimbursement for travel expenses for medical care related to injuries sustained on the job.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the two universities selected to receive nearly $6 million to establish one or more graduate-level training programs for engineers in power electronics. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Charles Magovern, 67, of Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on October 6, 2015, for entry of goods, that is, paleontological specimens, by means of false statements and aiding abetting. He received one year supervised probation and was ordered...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing: “E-Manifest: An Update on Implementation," has been postponed to a date and time to be determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with Floyd Medical Center (Floyd), a system of health care providers located in Rome, Georgia, to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Thursday, October 8, 2015. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement with the Fitzgerald Public Schools in Warren, Michigan, to resolve allegations that it denied services to a parent...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: TPP: Time For Rigorous Review. Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Gives Congress and the Public Time to Thoroughly Examine the Trans-Pacific Partnership. With the Obama Administration’s announcement that negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement have concluded, a number of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Multi-Faceted Approach to Target Violent Gang and Gun Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert Jerome Bond, 46, recently of Gardiner, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to theft of public money and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Federal charges have been filed against four men and one woman alleging they are part of a large-scale heroin trafficking organization that operated in the Las Vegas area since December 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: The Hoh Campground will close to overnight use beginning at 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 8 and will remain closed through Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Several herds of Roosevelt elk reside in the Hoh Valley, with one frequenting the campground and visitor use areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Salahudin Shaheed, 35, and Basil Buie, 24, both of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a botched robbery and kidnapping that involved a jewelry store employee. Both defendants pleaded guilty today to conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted Hobbs Act robbery. A third defendant, Khayree Gay, pleaded guilty earlier. A sentencing hearing for Buie and Shaheed is scheduled for January 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Cory Kasinger, 42, of Jackson, the Chief Operating Officer of Mariah Resources Inc., pleaded guilty today to one misdemeanor count of embezzling funds from a health care benefit program and agreed to pay $36,980 in restitution, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Milton Washburn, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Swisher Enters into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and Former Senior-Level Corporate Accounting Employee to Plead Guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service has issued a prospectus soliciting proposals for six concession contracts for guided sport fishing and associated boat storage services in Katmai National Park and Preserve. The prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced nearly $3 million in grants to address critical issues affecting agriculturally-important plants and animals. The science developed from these grants will provide timely ...
