News from July 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 129,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 66,000 metric ton is for delivery during the 2015/2016 marketing year and 63,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Olympic National Park will host a special program on Thursday, August 4 at 8:00 p.m. at the Kalaloch Campground Amphitheater. The program is free of charge and is part of Olympic National Park's celebration of this year's National Park Service (NPS) Centennial.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. July 29, 2016 - Effective Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, some of the trail closures associated with the Goliath Prescribed Burn in Redwood Canyon will be lifted. At that time, the Redwood Canyon Trail, the Sugarbowl Trail, and the Big Springs Trail will be reopened for visitor use. This will allow visitors to hike the full Sugarbowl Loop.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Music in the American Wild, a collaboration featuring seven classical musicians performing original works by 11 composers will present three free concerts in Olympic National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: New York Doctor Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Three Miami residents were sentenced for their role in the largest Medicare fraud scheme loss prosecuted in the Southern District of Florida in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of, and possession with intent to distribute, oxycodone, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Water Forum, Sacramento County Regional Parks, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will begin work on the 2016 Lower American River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration Project in early August.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Christopher Chassey, 49, of Plymouth, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence, R.I., today to one count of enticement to travel in interstate to engage in illicit sexual activity. Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Chassey admitted to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Jefferson County Schools’ human resources director and former Hueytown Middle School principal now faces federal charges of enticing a minor and receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton, Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven D. Anderson and Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United States Government has sued a Lexington man, and the Lexington-based medical device company he owns, for violations of the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits people from submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that her Office will partner with the Office of Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian to create the Lowell High-Risk Reentry Initiative. Drawing on their experience with reentry programs throughout the Commonwealth, the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Stolen mail Results in Victim Identity Theft and Fraudulent Credit Card Transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHIWEI YAN, a/k/a “Sheri Yan," the co-founder and former chief executive officer of the Global Sustainability Foundation, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 20 months in prison for paying more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Sulphur man pleaded guilty Thursday to submitting a false certification to perform inspections on a nuclear module being constructed at a Lake Charles construction yard.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to using counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud victims, including charities and law firms, of at least $1 million.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) agreed to extend the public comment period on its proposed Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) Backcountry and Wilderness Stewardship Plan and General Management Plan by an additional 30 days. The Service’s announcement comes after Sen. Murkowski sent a letter to the Service calling on the agency to extend the comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -On Thursday, August 4th, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park will begin draining the watered canal section for five days from Lock 5 (Towpath Mile 5) to Georgetown (Towpath Mile 0) to accommodate a construction project adjacent to the canal at 3225 Grace Street NW.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Joseph Daniel Ryan, 21, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to two years and eight months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in the execution of a fraud scheme, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno returned two indictments, charging five Mexican nationals with separate conspiracies to grow marijuana in national forest land, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
