News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: On Dec. 2, 2016, at the New Mexico Joint Stockmen’s Convention, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presented both Cliff Waide and Jim Ross Caviness the 2016 BLM Restore New Mexico Land Stewardship Award. They received their awards for their work to improve range conditions on their ranches and public land. The annual award recognizes exemplary efforts to restore New Mexico’s landscapes to a healthy and productive condition.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Due to recent rainfall, the Natchez Trace Parkway will rescind all restrictions on open fires effective Dec. 12, 2016 at midnight. These restrictions correspond with the partial state level burn bans issued by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant Went Through Victim's Pockets After the Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: A 24-year old Dearborn man was sentenced yesterday to more than five years in prison for making false statements to federal agents in relation to a terrorist investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Unlicensed Michigan Physician Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud for Role in $6.3 Million Detroit-Based Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Gabonese National Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Frederick Forson-Peebles, Jr., 25, of Hampton, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This is the maximum sentence of imprisonment allowed under federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Marlin Webb Admits to Being Part of Conspiracy to Defraud FDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today a complaint charging LEON ZINDER with the interstate sale of stolen property...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on a proposal to extend a non-motorized hiking route near the Tangle Lakes Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two brothers have been convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office today signed the Decision Record for the upcoming Cedar Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horse gather. The decision was made to remove excess wild horses from the HMA near Dugway, Utah, and vaccinate mares with fertility control prior to releasing them back into the area. The objective of the gather is to protect the range and wild horses by helping to slow the herd population growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Cedrick Vaughn Perkins, age 20, of Orangeville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, to 60 months’ imprisonment on child pornography distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NORMAN D’SOUZA, the former chief financial officer and vice president of finance of a New Jersey-based furniture wholesaler and retailer (“Company-1") and an Indiana-based furniture manufacturer affiliated...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Medford man and a Pembroke man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to an oxycodone conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Bookkeeper at Jeffersonville business made unauthorized purchases totaling over $105,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: A former Detroit Public Schools principal of was convicted at a jury trial today in an illegal bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) proposed to list the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that President Obama has directed the intelligence community to conduct a review of the 2016 election in light of reports of Russian interference...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former federal employee has been sentenced in federal court for using stolen money order receipts in a fraud scheme to avoid paying his medical bills.
