News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Gregory Forest, 55, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 188 months in prison and three years of supervised release for charges stemming from a bank robbery at First Bank, located at 300 River Park Drive, East St. Louis...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - David Rancourt, age 56, of Palmer, Massachusetts, was indicted today for attempting to coerce and entice a minor into sexual activity, after he posted an online advertisement soliciting sexual encounters and travelled to Colonie, New York, to meet what he believed to be a 14-year-old boy in order to engage in sexual activities. Rancourt is also charged with having distributed, received, and possessed child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Conyers, Georgia Bank Robber Arrested in Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Co-conspirator sentenced to over 6 years for being “courier".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with heroin and cocaine distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: The leader of a multi-state conspiracy that distributed heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine while he was an inmate inside an Ohio prison was sentenced to more than six years in prison, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Mark Wayne Bush, 51, of Gilbertown, Alabama, was sentenced today to 6 months of imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Judge Callie V. S. Granade for conspiring to transport stolen oil from Clarke County, Alabama...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has completed a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the potential impacts of a proposed federal land disposal. A total of 83.5 acres would be conveyed to the East and West Shore Sewer Districts to allow the future development of contemporary community septic systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lance Reynolds, 33, of Columbus, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - The Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the launch of an independent and comprehensive review of the Commerce City Police Department. This review, also known as Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA), comes at the request of Commerce City officials and the police department in response to serious internal challenges and concerns pertaining to officer misconduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A southern California commodities trader pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago today to pocketing a portion of his clients’ money after falsely promising a 200% return on investment.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: New Bedford, MA- The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first federally recognized African American regiments that fought in the Civil War with an enlistment station for Company C adjacent to the U.S. Custom House in downtown New Bedford. More than 60 men from New Bedford enlisted...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Defendant attempted to meet minor for sexual encounter in Colonie.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ray A. Perkins, age 29, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Trees Have Families, Too" a new Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center at 10:00 am on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program and play leaf bingo to learn how to recognize...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the United States and the European Union (EU) continue to negotiate an insurance agreement, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and United States Trade Representative...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Aug. 2, 2016, the Bureau of Reclamation and the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) entered into a Warren Act contract for 17,000 acre-feet per year. of EID’s Project 184 supplies (Water Rights Permit 21112) from Folsom Reservoir. The contract will be in effect through February...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: Park Offers Multiple Services for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Pennsylvania resident who now lives in Mississippi pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Yasin Khan, Dr. Elizabeth Khan, Dr. Dong Ko, Westfield Hospital and affiliated entities including a related pain clinic, Lehigh Valley Pain Management, have agreed to pay $690,441 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false health care billings to the Medicare, Federal Employees Health Benefits, and United States Department of Labor-Office of Workers’ Compensation programs.
