News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Ten individuals arrested in connection with the two separate grows.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers are tackling the issue of unmanned aircraft safety..
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Brown, aka Pee Wee, 52, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that the staff from the Guam and Saipan offices received Retirement Planning Training conducted by Elizabeth “Irene" Meader. Ms. Meader is employed by Government Retirement and Benefits, Inc. and is from...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: CALHOUN, Ga. - A 42-year-old maintenance technician had his left hand injected with fluid from a leaking hydraulic line on a press as he performed maintenance on the machine at Apache Mills Inc. The incident caused the employee's hospitalization and required a surgical shunt to drain fluid and reduce swelling.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded more than $113 million in program grants to support farmers growing fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and nursery crops, also known as “specialty crops," through research, agricultural extension activities, and programs to increase demand and address the needs of America's specialty crop industry.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2015
News Release: At 10:30 p.m. Friday night, Oct. 2, Rocky Mountain National Park rangers were notified that Spencer Veysey, 26, of Missoula, Montana was overdue. He had been planning to summit Longs Peak. It was unclear what route he was intending to take to the summit.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2015
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Oct. 3, 2015-The Rough Fire had a huge impact on Kings Canyon National Park this summer. Because of the impacts of the fire Cedar Grove and the road to it, California Highway 180, have been closed to public entry for many weeks now.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2015
News Release: Lilly Ledbetter found her park at Women's Rights National Historical Park! She was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. seeking years of back pay after finding out she had been making significantly less than her male counterparts. In 2007, the Supreme Court denied her claim because she did not file suit 180 days from her first pay check.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2015
News Release: Ohio Archaeology Day & International Archaeology Day.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2015
News Release: Springdale, Utah: On Friday, Oct. 2, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Zion National Park was alerted to a canyoneering accident in Not Imlay Canyon. A rescue operation was started immediately. A helicopter was used to drop off a Search and Rescue team at the top of the canyon. At 7:20 p.m., Park Rangers found the individual, Christian Louis Johnson, deceased. Johnson, 50, is from Saint George, Utah.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2015
News Release: Oyster Bay, N.Y. -On Sunday October 25th from 11:00AM to 4:00PM, Sagamore Hill will be celebrating Theodore Roosevelt's 157th Birthday by hosting the Sagamore Hill Day Family Festival and Farmers Market.Sagamore Hill will be paying homage to its days as a working farm for the Roosevelt Family by hosting...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Funding Supports Local Food Systems, Farmers Markets and Healthier Eating for SNAP Participants WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today helped to kick off the nation's harvest season by announcing nearly $35 million in new funding through four grant programs to support local ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department will launch a new collaborative strategy to more closely partner with businesses in intellectual property enforcement efforts and will award over $3.2 million to ten jurisdictions to support state and local task forces in the training, prevention, enforcement and prosecution of intellectual property theft and infringement crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A resident of Reseda, California, was sentenced to prison today for conspiring to submit false claims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch of the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident pleaded guilty for her role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia, were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization and conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization. Muneeb Akhter was also sentenced for accessing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Hospice Allegedly Knowingly Billed Medicare for Ineligible Patients Guardian Hospice of Georgia LLC, Guardian Home Care Holdings Inc. and AccentCare Inc. (collectively Guardian) agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that Guardian knowingly submitted false claims to the Medicare program for hospice patients who were not terminally ill, the Department of Justice announced today. Guardian is a for-profit hospice which provides hospice services in Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: An Ohio lobbyist agreed today to plead guilty to extortion in connection with a bribery and fraud scheme involving conduit contributions to the campaigns of elected officials, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Angela L. Byers of the FBI’s Cincinnati Division.
