News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Conspirators victimized at least three area businesses for approximately $215,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Susan Roberts, 57, of Eagle, Idaho was sentenced yesterday for obtaining controlled substances by fraud and identity theft by unauthorized use of a means of identification, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Roberts to five years’ probation and to pay a $2,000 fine. Roberts pleaded guilty on May 4, 2016.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 38-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) “Lieutenant of Lieutenants" Ruben Reyes (aka “Menace") pleaded guilty to all federal charges pending against him including responsibility for the murders of four TMM members and Balcones Heights Police Officer Julian Pesina announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Carlos A. Brown, 45, of Suffolk, pleaded guilty today to distribution of heroin resulting in death.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio this afternoon, former Crystal City Mayor Pro-Tem Rogelio Mata and his brother, former Crystal City Councilman Roel Mata, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a bribery and kickback scheme involving city contracts announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert J. Seifert, age 58, of Canandaigua, New York, was indicted today on charges that he threatened to commit a mass shooting at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HARRY FLETCHER was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 36 months in prison for taking more than $20,000 in bribes in exchange for awarding more than $240,000 in food stamp benefits. FLETCHER, a former...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: The Pulaski Award recognizes groups demonstrating outstanding performance in the areas of.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: In the face of extreme weather events, states, utilities, and other companies are increasingly seeking ways to boost resiliency while reducing their carbon footprint. The Emissions Quantification Tool (EQT), which was conceived of and sponsored by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal Grand Jury in Harrisburg has indicted Andrew Manganas, and Panthera Painting, Inc., on embezzlement, fraud, false statements, and environmental charges related to a subcontract performed as part of a $42 million rehabilitation project administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot).

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: This afternoon, Naquan Reyes was sentenced to life imprisonment by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, based on his conviction for murdering Nicole Thompson. Judge Townes also imposed a forfeiture judgment in the amount of $184,000. According to court...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dr. Walter Krajewski, a primary care doctor in York, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $300,000 over five years to settle allegations that he violated civil provisions of the federal Controlled Substances Act by pre-signing prescriptions that were later filled for 24,530 tablets of oxycodone that were medically unnecessary.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Temporary Closures.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment that now accuses a Laguna Beach man of defrauding victims out of more than $3 million in an investment fraud scam related to green energy.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | July 28, 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: Javier Carlos Arteta Franco, a 58-year-old Venezuelan National and former elementary school teacher in Fort Stockton, faces between five and 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to child pornography charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 27, 2016, Rocky Wayne Hendrix, 48, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison for conspiring to unlawfully distribute and dispense oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Leonard Paul Baumgardner, 39, of King George, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin with three years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz announced today that the preserve will issue free hunting permits beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Available 2016/2017 permits will be issued until Feb. 28, 2017.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library. 3310 Connecticut Ave NW. Washington, DC 20008. Tuesday, August 9 (see parking instructions below). 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus. Room SN100. 7600 Takoma Avenue. Takoma Park, MD 20912. Thursday, August 18. 6:30...