News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years in jail and ordered to pay $485,800 in restitution on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: A Detroit Police Lieutenant and crew chief from the now-disbanded Narcotics Unit of the Detroit Police Department were convicted today by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of robbing drug dealers and stealing drugs and money obtained in police searches, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to find their park during a special event celebrating the National Park Service Centennial. On Saturday, July 30, come explore the story of Moccasin Bend through a series of ranger-led bike, hike, and paddle tours, as well as a special play and arts festival presented by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Theater Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires 12-Year Prison Sentence Followed by Lifetime of Supervised Release; Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Statesboro, GA - A federal indictment has been returned charging 14 South Georgia residents with conspiring to traffick methamphetamine, heroin, oxycodone and other drugs. If convicted of the drug trafficking conspiracy charge, the Defendants face a maximum of 20 years in prison and a potential $1 million fine. The majority of Defendants appeared in federal court last week in Statesboro for their initial appearances.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Please join us for this traditional Californian trade festival at Kule Loklo, Point Reyes National Seashore. The annual festival is slated for Saturday, July 16, 2016, from 10 am to 4 pm, at Kule Loklo, a Coast Miwok Cultural Exhibit. Throughout the day, demonstrators from Californian tribal communities...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06) sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia requesting an investigation into whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton committed perjury and made false statements when testifying under oath before Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday evening that Oregon’s Health CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 participants to find new coverage. This is the second CO-OP in Oregon to fail as Health Republic Insurance of Oregon closed last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Rudy Rampertab, 46, of Ocoee, Fla., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of mail fraud and money laundering.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: BIGLERVILLE, Pa. - For more than two months, a worker at a Pennsylvania pallet company repeatedly told her employer about health concerns related to mold exposure at a Biglerville plant. Despite confirming that the mold existed, IFCO Services N.A. Inc. did not remove the fungus and instead fired the woman less than three weeks after she complained again about her health concerns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 44 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $973,379 for his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme involving approximately 1,288 debit cards containing more than $1 million in tax refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a second public meeting to solicit public input for the Palen Solar project technology conversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A South Carolina man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a Kansas girl, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: In honor of Lake Superior Day, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore interpreter Andrea Chynoweth will lead a beach walk at Miners Beach on Sunday, July 17 at 10 a.m. The hour-long walk will focus on the power of Lake Superior to influence both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, impacts on weather, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued the following statement in anticipation of tomorrow’s U.S. Department of Justice oversight hearing with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, July 16, members of the Tolowa Nation will present a Tolowa Honoring and Sharing Dance Demonstration at 1 p.m. at the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Day Use Area, located off Highway 199, just west of the community of Hiouchi, California. The demonstration is open to the public, free of charge, and will last about an hour. The dance demonstration is intended to honor the elders and share Tolowa culture with the community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for using the Internet to sexually exploit a Mississippi girl, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of failure to register under SORNA, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who distributed heroin in the Cedar Rapids area was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Timothy S. Klimas, 27, of Bangor, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 50 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for creating and distributing child pornography. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Sept. 22, 2015.
