News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, Ja’moi Khadeem Corraspe, 22, pleaded guilty in District Court on St. Thomas to Conspiracy to Ship Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for January 4, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Kiesha Adderly Mitchell, 36, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles to 48 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for her participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Mitchell was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $219,721.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Robert Cagle, age 50, Bronx, New York on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 to 48 months imprisonment. Cagle pled guilty in April 2015 to possession of fraudulent credit cards and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Steven C. Chaput, 39, of Mount Vernon, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to pharmacy robberies charges. Rudger S. Ellis, 22, of Gardiner, Maine pleaded guilty to the same charges on Aug. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Harrold, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Murder of a Federal Employee was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 20 Year Prison Sentence Prosecution Pursued Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement regarding the administration’s change to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced seven organizations selected to receive $6.5 million to advance the manufacturing and installation of low environmental impact hydropower technologies. The projects will address three technical areas: rapidly deployable civil works technologies, innovative methods...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Jayme Lee Barnes, 36, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, a $200 fine and a $200 special assessment. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Judge orders forfeiture and restitution totaling $1 million each.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to the “A Day in the Park" family event on Saturday Sept. 26, 2015, from 10 am to 4 pm. This event on National Public Lands Day will give visitors the opportunity to enjoy Harpers Ferry while learning about how the National Park Service operates. This is an entrance fee free event.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: Investigation findings: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Dyke Industries for 11 serious and one other-than-serious safety violations. Investigators found that the employer failed to provide safe conditions and procedures to prevent machinery from starting up and injuring workers during maintenance and servicing, failed to train workers to use fire extinguishers, and exposed workers to fire and explosion hazards due to combustible dust accumulation.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement commemorating the 21st anniversary of the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2015
News Release: The Spruce Fire burning in Yellowstone National Park has grown to an estimated 1,164 acres as of 6:00 pm on Saturday. Fueled by warm weather, low relative humidity levels, and westerly winds, the fire is actively burning in the backcountry, approximately ten miles west of Fishing Bridge and two miles...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2015
News Release: Oyster Bay, N.Y. - On Saturday, September 19th from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Sagamore Hill NHS will be teaming up with Friends of the Bay & the Town of Oyster Bay in International Coastal Clean-up Day. Non-latex gloves and garbage bags will be provided. Please dress appropriately for this activity, location, and the weather. This activity will be rain or shine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2015
News Release: Oyster Bay, N.Y. -Sagamore Hill National Historic Site invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting today, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2015
News Release: The Spruce Fire burning in Yellowstone National Park has grown significantly since its discovery on Wednesday, September 9. Warmer weather and low humidity levels have allowed the fire to grow to an estimated 425 acres as of 11 am on Saturday. While fire activity increased significantly on Friday afternoon...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the release of a new report that shows that USDA's Farm to School Grant Program, established and funded through the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, has helped 12,300 schools improve nutritious meal options made with local ingredients ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: A Houston psychiatrist was convicted late yesterday by a federal jury of participating in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Adam Kuren, et al. v. Luzerne County, et al. The class action asserts that the public defense system in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, is so underfunded and poorly staffed that the attorneys appointed to ...
