News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join in the celebration of Earth Day, the National Park Service Centennial and the 50th anniversary of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore at the annual Green Gary on Saturday, April 23, from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This fun, family-friendly event takes place at the national lakeshore’s Paul H. Douglas Center and is presented in partnership with over 20 organizations including the Gary Park Department and the Gary Department of Green Urbanism.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Due to low water levels, the Antelope Point launch ramp will be partially closed. While a portion of the ramp will remain open, launching is at your own risk. Boaters should be aware that launching at low water levels is not safe for all sizes of boats.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Mercy Medical Center and the Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative, has scheduled a Town Hall Meeting on April 13th to discuss prescription pain killers and the heroin epidemic making its way into Eastern Iowa. Drug overdose is...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 11, 2016, Simon William Riley, 21, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, pled guilty before Judge Ralph R. Erickson to one charge of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and two charges of Advertising Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors. All three charges carry a minimum-mandatory sentence of 15 years’ incarceration and a maximum sentence of 30 years’ incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Donnelly, 47, of Lecanto, Florida, was sentenced today to 99 months in prison for an investment scheme that bilked his friends and clients of nearly $2 million. Donnelly pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2015, to one count of wire fraud and with one count of securities fraud. In addition...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Ben Bobowski, the acting superintendent for Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, has been selected as the new superintendent at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding unlawful spending,the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Energy and Commerce Committee today issued subpoenas to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The committees have been seeking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago couple used their health care business to bilk Medicare out of millions of dollars while also conspiring to force a housekeeper to work against her will, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: Goldman Sachs Agrees to Pay More than $5 Billion in Connection with Its Sale of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -The National Park Service (NPS) and National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), in collaboration with Van Alen Institute, today launched Memorials for the Future, a competition that aims to rethink the way we develop and experience memorials. Announced by the White House in October 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months in jail and ordered to forfeit a 2008 BMW X5 SUV, a 2007 Lexus GS 350 Sedan, several cellular phones, a tablet computer and a laptop on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three Eagle Butte, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Lyle Plentywounds, Sr., 60, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assault on an officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Plentywounds was indicted by the federal grand jury in Pocatello on July 28, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - In association with Napa Valley’s Arts in April celebration, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office is offering the media a
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to indictments for Disability Insurance fraud in Kentucky and West Virginia, where an attorney, a psychologist, and a Social Security Administrative Law Judge were...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -As the National Park Service celebrates 100 years of protecting and preserving the nation's parks and monuments, everyone is encouraged to get out and #FindYourPark during National Park Week, April 16-24.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released fiscal year (FY) 2015 statistics for oil and gas permitting, leasing and drilling activity on lands where BLM permits are required. Production from those lands, both Federal and Indian, increased 10 percent over FY 2014 and went up more than 108 percent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
