News from April 2016
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement in response to the findings of an investigation by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Inspector General, which determined the National Association of Community Health Centers used federal grant money to allow AmeriCorps members to provide abortion-related services in violation of federal law...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, April 30, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rhode Islanders are encouraged to drop off their unused and expired prescription drugs at one of more than 25 locations across the state as part of the national Prescription Drug Take Back Program. The program was created in 2010 by the federal Drug...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Carter: I write today to request information regarding the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Tuition Assistance Program. Specifically, I seek to better understand DOD’s efforts to protect the interests of taxpayers and service members who use this financial assistance to pursue professional...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today, DONNIE RAY SHULTZ, 45, of Del City, Oklahoma, entered a plea of guilty to producing child pornography depicting of a 15-year-old girl with whom he engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, is reminding New Jersey residents that on Saturday, April 30th from 10 am - 2 pm, the DEA will be holding its11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back. As with the previous 10 Take-Back...
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed final House passage of his legislation to crack down on the sale of artifacts looted by ISIS from cultural sites in Syria. The Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act would contribute to the comprehensive policy of degrading and destroying ISIS without risking American lives or costing American taxpayers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla: Everglades National Park invites the public to enjoy a photography exhibit during the month of May entitled, "River of Grass: Flowing Through the Generations" by Ocean Studies Elementary Charter School. There will be a reception for the photographers on Saturday, May 7, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to credit card fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Wynesha Wilson-Robinson, 27, entered her guilty plea to possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Federal agencies co-host event with business leaders on hiring returning citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Angel Mascorro, 52, of Aurora, Illinois pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit money laundering and seven counts of money laundering. The guilty plea follows the trial of two of his co-defendants - Alejandro Sotelo, 43, of Chicago, IL, and Francisco Gonzalez Jose, 44, of Philadelphia...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4.1 million visits to Yellowstone National Park in 2015 totaled $493.6 million in spending in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,737 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $638.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 114 count indictment charging Dr. Eugene Gosy, 55, of Clarence, NY, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, unlawful distribution of narcotics, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and health care fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years, a $1,000,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging MARYANNE STEPHENS, 68, of Ireland, formerly of Rocky Hill, Conn., with bank fraud, theft of public money, and aggravated identity theft offenses stemming from a scheme to steal Social Security retirement benefits that had been deposited into her deceased mother-in-law’s bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lisa Alexis Jury, age 48, of Clarks Green, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve four years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for committing two armed bank robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: HAINES, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Glennallen Field Office has opened a public review and comment period on the Environmental Analysis (EA) for Constantine Metal Resources LTD's (Constantine) proposed Plan of Operations (Plan) to expand exploration on federal mining claims located near Haines, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Mark Anthony Lowe, 63, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty today to charges of coercion and enticement of a child and penalties for a registered a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Greenbrier County man pleaded guilty today to a federal crime involving the distribution of oxycodone, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ronald Ray McMillion, 63, of Renick, entered his guilty plea to interstate travel to facilitate an unlawful activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced George Joyner, III (36) to four years in federal prison for theft of government money and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered Joyner to pay $169,456.90 in restitution to the United States Department of the Treasury.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: ARPA-E Announces $30 Million in Funding for New Technologies to Produce Renewable Liquid Fuels
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Alvin Norlee Moore III, 29, of Norfolk, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for sex trafficking of a child. He was also sentenced to 15 years of supervised release.
