News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Criminal Information was filed today in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh charging Rachel Lynn Howze with obstructing an official federal proceeding while serving as a U.S. Probation Officer in Pittsburgh.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Donnell Calloway, age 30, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to robbery conspiracy, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a markup on 19 bills including H.R. 4582 (Rep. Jeff Denham), the “Save Our Salmon Act," which will exclude striped bass from the fish doubling requirement and other provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). H.R. 4582 passed as part of a broader unanimous consent package.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: BOGOTA, Columbia - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Office in Bogota gathered over 60 members of the Colombian National Police (CNP) for a new training program focused on issues such as sensitive investigations, corruption, integrity and internal affairs investigative techniques.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily close a section of Seminoe Road. The location of the closure is west of Miracle Mile Bridge over the North Platte River below Kortes Dam, to just north of the North Red Hills entrance to Seminoe State Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A St. Albans man caught with fentanyl, marijuana, several pistols, and three assault rifles was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. O’Neil Anthony Peart, 37, previously pleaded guilty to possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. -. The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a proposal to enhance recreational. activities at East Park Reservoir in Colusa County, California. This action would approve the installation of an 18-hole disc golf...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - With sweltering temperatures baking Texas this week, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment on June 14, 2016, charging a 39-year-old East Stroudsburg man with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force and coercion, and interstate transportation of others for purposes of prostitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: NOAA is seeking proposals for habitat restoration projects under the Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency grant program. The proposed projects should reduce the risks to coastal communities from extreme weather events, changing environmental conditions and known or potential climate change effects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Seng Xiong charged with stealing more than $1.3 million in affinity fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Robert Majors, 58, of Spring Hill, Tenn., was sentenced today to 20 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $600,000 from his former employer, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger also ordered Majors to pay $642,500.00 in restitution and to forfeit the proceeds of his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the June 2016 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-A Tulsa woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for her role in a fraudulent tax return scheme that falsely generated refunds totaling over $472,000 from the United States Treasury.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). On Saturday, June 18, the National Lakeshore will host a star party celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service (NPS), and 100 years of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Visitors will join park rangers and astronomers at the Dune Climb parking lot to explore the world of stars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - An Iowa businessman pled guilty yesterday in federal court to failing to pay employment taxes and violating the Clean Water Act, announced U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau of the Northern District of Iowa and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Guy Christopher Mannino, 57, of Fairbanks, was sentenced today in Anchorage to 17 years in federal prison for his convictions for soliciting the murders of a witness and two federal law enforcement agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Quad/Graphics Inc. has agreed to pay $750,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that the firm violated security requirements involving personally identifiable information on contracts with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for candidates to serve on the Cotton Board composed of representatives of cotton producers and importers.
