News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Agencies and Lake Powell boaters are doing their part to prevent the spread of quagga mussels, an aquatic invasive species (AIS), from Lake Powell.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Man Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Federal Officer on Navajo Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Former Southwest Airlines baggage handler Michael Herb Videau pleaded guilty in federal court today to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements and distribution of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On August 2nd, 2016 a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 16-count indictment charging one doctor, Americo Oms-Rivera, his secretary Mayte González Muñoz, and Francisco Cabrera Alvarado, a former Social Security Administration (SSA) employee, for fraud in the application process for SSA disability insurance benefits in Puerto Rico, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Throughout 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) has been celebrating its 100th anniversary with a series of centennial events. Parks across the country have been engaging communities through recreation, conservation, and historic preservation programs. As the official founding date of the NPS approaches...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Somber March, 30, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to time served - approximately six months of combined federal and tribal time - for assault on an officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that March serve three years of supervised release. March pleaded guilty on May 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On August 2nd, 2016 a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 16-count indictment charging one doctor, Americo Oms-Rivera, his secretary Mayte González Muñoz, and Francisco Cabrera Alvarado, a former Social Security Administration (SSA) employee, for fraud in the application process for SSA disability insurance benefits in Puerto Rico, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was indicted today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a large-scale scheme to withdrawal money from bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Former Southwest Airlines baggage handler Michael Herb Videau pleaded guilty in federal court today to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements and distribution of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -At a time in America when tensions are high between some communities and police officers, Lake Mead National Recreation Area rangers helped build community trust by participating in National Night Out Aug. 2 at the Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay Nearly $80,000 in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: A Bedford man was indicted for possessing more than six pounds of fentanyl, as well as illegally having firearms, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Today, 65 House Democrats, led by Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services; John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary; and Henry C. “Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expressing strong support for its proposal to limit forced arbitration in consumer contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging Justin Larson, age 30, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, with one count of distribution of acetyl fentanyl, which resulted in death; five counts of possession or attempted possession of a controlled substance and controlled...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 47-year-old U.S. citizen who had been residing in Mexico has entered a guilty plea to failure to appear, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: After two serious recent watercraft accidents, one of them fatal, Visitor and Resource Protection rangers at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are urging boaters to pay closer attention to safety on the water.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Osman Castellanos, Virginio Jimenez Both to Serve 10 Years in Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Landscapes for the People Showcases the Photographs of George A. Grant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: Scheme Defrauded Elderly Victims of More Than $67,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tyree Brent Mariano, 26, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation residing in Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to escape and violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
