News from September 2015
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve invites all 4th grade students to visit the preserve as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting September 1st, 4th grade students can go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John J. Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter calling on their Chairmen to suspend their “one-sided" investigations of Planned Parenthood, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison on his conviction of federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE - United States Attorney Walt Green announced the conviction of SHANTA R. BARNES, age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. Earlier today, BARNES appeared before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady and pled guilty. BARNES also admitted to the forfeiture allegations contained in the Indictment, which was previously returned by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA-Today the city of Waterloo was awarded an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant by the United States Department of Justice for fiscal year 2015. The $58,833 grant will be used in a joint effort by the City of Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Black Hawk County to provide continuing support for the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker announced...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park is proud to launch the Every Kid in a Park program, as part of President Obama's commitment to protect our nation's unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Springfield, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a fraudulent tax return preparation scheme that claimed nearly $340,000 in fraudulent income tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: HAZARD, Ky. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has deployed its National Response Team (NRT) to Hazard, Ky., for the investigation of a fire that occurred early Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at the old Grand Hotel building, located at 446 Main Street in Hazard.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Alexsi Lopez, age 27, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy and the violent robbery of a Hyattsville brothel that resulted in a rape and murder. A federal jury convicted Lopez of those crimes on April 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Paul F. Archambault, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, NY, of production, receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years in prison, a maximum of 50 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: The North Cascades Visitor Center and most trails on the west side of North Cascades National Park Service Complex are now open. Rain and higher humidity have reduced the amount of fire activity throughout the park.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Big Bend National Park 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 Sept. 1, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidoutdoors.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that HASSAN KHAN, a Long Island resident, was arrested today and charged in a criminal complaint...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former New Jersey resident who previously worked for the United States subsidiary of a foreign investment bank was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud his former employer out of more than $1.5 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW ROSS, 58, of New Haven, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to paying nearly $350,000 in bribes to the former executive director of the West Haven Housing Authority in exchange for government contracts and business.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CHRISTOPHER JACOB FROEHLICH, age 29, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment on three counts of Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former chief financial officer and chief executive officer of a leading supplier of athletic equipment and reconditioning services were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud schools in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 36-year-old Agustin Sergio Deleon Garza to life in federal prison for his role in the kidnapping of a Mexican businessman in December 2013 announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s Houston Division, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2015
News Release: Justice Department and University of Nebraska at Kearney Settle Lawsuit Over Rights of Students with Psychological Disabilities to Have Assistance Animals in Student Housing.
