News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - As President Obama and his family prepare to spend Father's Day weekend at Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite - one of the first places protected by a U.S. President - this weekend, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell recognized individuals who are helping to preserve special historic and cultural places across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Harrisburg man indicted by a grand jury in Harrisburg in April 2016 on drug trafficking and firearm charges pled guilty on June 16, 2016 before United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a Draft Environmental Assessment to evaluate the impacts of a proposed increase in wastewater flows from the Sorrento Lactalis dairy products facility in Nampa, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Timothy Emeigh, age 52, of York Springs, Pennsylvania today to four years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for health care fraud arising from a scheme in which insurance providers and Medicare were fraudulently billed for tests interpreted by unlicensed personnel, and for tests and services which in fact had not been provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Jose Zepeda-Del Toro, 35, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. Zepeda-Del Toro was sentenced to time served since his arrest on March 24, 2016. He will now be deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Marcus Delille, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to four months of imprisonment for possessing counterfeit credit cards and identification documents. Chief U.S. District Judge...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced two hearings that will be held in the coming weeks. The Full Committee will receive testimony on the discussion draft of the “Wildfire Budgeting, Response and Forest Management Act," and the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a five-day trial, a federal jury found Albert Lee Mitchell, 69, of Sacramento, guilty of one count of receipt of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Frank Michael Pearson, 45, a former Loudon County Sheriff’s Deputy from Winchester, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for embezzling $229,381.01 from the asset forfeiture fund at the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. Pearson was also ordered to pay $229,381.01 in restitution to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and complete three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monsey, New York, man appeared in federal court today to face charges that he sexually abused a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced today that it moved to dismiss the indictment in United States v. FedEx. The Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge, granted the motion today and dismissed the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Shannon Dale Smith of Crosbyton, Texas, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to serve a total of 147 months in federal prison on extortion and firearms convictions, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm sentenced Jacob T. Burmood, 24, of the 6800 block of N. Fawndale Drive, Peoria, Ill., today to serve 30 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for the offense of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A British man who was previously charged with travelling to the Coachella Valley to have sex with pre-teen boys was charged today in a superseding indictment that adds child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: We invite the public to Park Science Day on Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 5 pm at Sieur de Monts. Park Science Day will highlight the park's role as a living laboratory and vital setting for scientific research in celebration of Acadia's Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Harrisburg man indicted by a grand jury in Harrisburg in April 2016 on drug trafficking and firearm charges pled guilty on June 16, 2016 before United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement marking the anniversary of the terrorist attack and shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina. Today, Ranking Member Thompson...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for a proposed communication site that would provide internet service to Castle Valley, Utah. The EA analyzes potential impacts of Royce’s Electronics’ proposal to install a 15-foot tall tower, solar panel, and equipment panel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island, today pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley at the U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip. When sentenced, Troyan, 37, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a $1 million fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Frank Michael Pearson, 45, a former Loudon County Sheriff’s Deputy from Winchester, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for embezzling $229,381.01 from the asset forfeiture fund at the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. Pearson was also ordered to pay $229,381.01 in restitution to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and complete three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
