News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland dentist was charged with one count of health care fraud after billing Medicaid for more than $407,000 in work that not authorized or never done, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: On Monday, May 2, 2016, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Superintendent, David Hallac, and other members of the Seashore staff will be available to answer questions related to the upcoming summer season and other topics of interest, including flooding management in the Cape Point area. The meeting will take place from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 307 at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School (48576 NC-12) in Buxton, North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: What: About 350 elementary and middle school students from the Galt Joint Union Elementary School District will paddle in 24-foot Voyageur canoes and participate in environmental education activities at Cosumnes River Preserve as a Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile event.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. April 25, 2016 - At the end of last week, fire management staff from Kings Canyon National Park held a fire extinguisher training for 15 employees of the of one the park’s concessioners, Delaware North, at the Grant Grove Fire Station.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Flavio Loya Moncada, 53, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 63 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Alondo Wheeler, a/k/a “Lil Dude," has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to serve 168 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files for Contempt and Requests Receiver to Operate Orleans Parish Jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant Fled Thousand Islands Area Border Checkpoint.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Mountainair, NM - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 29,672 visitors to Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in 2015 spent $1,699,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 28 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $2,182,700.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Our country has more than two million people in state and federal prisons and jails. We have 5% of the world’s population, and 25% of the world’s prisoners. We have the highest percentage of people in prison in the world-although our people are certainly just as law-abiding as others. And our prisons...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix on April 28, 2016. Established in 1995, the statewide citizen-based council provides advice to the BLM on land management programs and issues affecting public lands in Arizona. In addition, the RAC has...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUSTIN ASHLINE, 25, of Ellington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 61 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing a firearm and selling it to his heroin dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Teodulfo Sanchez-Lopez, 24, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 77 months in prison for his methamphetamine and heroin trafficking conviction. Sanchez-Lopez will be deported after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) South Carolina District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 11th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: April 24-30, 2016. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - As part of the Department of Justice’s National Reentry Week, April 24-30, 2016, Patrick Miles, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, is raising awareness about challenges faced by formerly incarcerated individuals and the importance of reentry...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: In conjunction with the National Park Service Centennial, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to participate in a special hike of Loudoun Heights on Monday, May 9, 2016, at 9:30 AM. This 6-mile round-trip hike to Split Rock will offer a history of the mountain along with beautiful...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: “Our Mission is Preventing Crime". Maryland U.S. Attorney J. Rosenstein and three other members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office will enter FCI Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland on Tuesday, April 26. Operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCI Cumberland includes a medium security federal correctional...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - As part of the Department of Justice’s commitment to strengthening the criminal justice system, the week of April 24-30, 2016, has been designated as National Reentry Week. Today, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces his office’s participation in several initiatives that strive to...
