News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Demian Pina, 35, of Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for distributing child pornography in 2012 while he was under federal investigation for sharing child pornography dating back to 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A mother and son based in Miami each pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Although the summer season is coming to a close, visitors are still coming to Cape Cod National Seashore to enjoy its abundant recreational opportunities, and for rest and rejuvenation. We want to remind our visitors that our seashore lifeguards end their season on Labor Day, September 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Also Admitted Making Hundreds of Videos of Underage Females Using a Lens that Allowed the Camera to See Through Certain Fabric, Including Bathing Suits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former high school teacher to five years in prison for receiving child pornography in connection with an improper relationship he had with a teenage student he met at the school, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced its intention to place the active materials in the kratom plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act in order to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety. Mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine are found in kratom, which is a tropical...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dr. John P. Balko and John Balko & Associates, Inc., doing business as Senior Healthcare Associates (SHA), have agreed to pay the United States $930,000.00 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man with a prior murder conviction was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: The staff of Big Thicket National Preserve invites everyone to explore the thicket by taking advantage the many ranger-led programs being offered in the months of September, October, November and December, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement on the European Commission’s ruling in the Apple state-aid case...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A mother and son based in Miami each pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch today released the following statement regarding the European Commission’s ruling in the Apple state aid investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Two Akron men were charged in a federal indictment with attempted murder and related charges for shooting a woman in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lecompte man was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for taking more than $125,000.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is considering options for management of the Crater Trail, which originates near Milner Pass and extends to above tree line east of the Continental Divide. Park staff will be preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) and invites public input in advance of preparation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, the FBI’s Dallas Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas hosted their second Faith-Based Security Summit today for area faith-based leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: A Dubuque man who fired at least seven shots into Jackson Park was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 126,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department today announced 10 organizations selected to receive more than $20 million in funding for new research, development, and demonstration projects that advance and monitor marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy systems, which generate electricity from ocean waves and tidal currents.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2016
News Release: Six Defendants facing additional charge for murder of Lawrence teen.
