News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Former Fugitive Sentenced to Prison for Florida Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY - On June 12, lightning caused two small fires near Spikebuck Recreation Area north of the Arkansas River, on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The fires are currently 1/10 of an acre each, and are located approximately ½ mile apart. Smoke from the fires is visible from Highway 50.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EARL HOBBY, 37, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The BLM-Utah West Desert District (WDD) has re-issued a fire prevention order that addresses year-round and seasonal fire restrictions. These restrictions apply to BLM-lands in Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele, Rich and Box Elder Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bryson LaPaul Blair, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to three years and 10 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Update: Woman sentenced for vandalism in several National Park Service sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Bruce Kane, 61, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, an accountant and former resident of Ithaca, New York, pled guilty today in Federal Court in Syracuse, New York, to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Deontay Kendricks of Pittsburgh, Pa., was sentenced to 120 months in prison for distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, the House passed H.R. 3694, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act, which was introduced by Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI). The legislation, which unanimously passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee in April, combats trafficking in human organs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A pavement resurfacing and repair work project is scheduled for this summer at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hoveweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon S. Moore, 24, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, pled guilty today to a federal firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Laura Bucheit Named Assistant Director for the Security Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site has a full schedule of train rides scheduled for this summer, beginning our July schedule with a trip to the Mid Valley's "Queen City Nights" event in Olyphant, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 9.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: What: Welcome 50 of America's newest citizens during a citizenship and naturalization ceremony. This is a colorful, patriotic event so bring your camera!.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A former employee of a Youngstown-based company was charged with violating the Clean Water Act for directing another employee to dump fracking waste into a tributary of the Mahoning River, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Michael Kirkwood, 59, of Lebanon, Ohio, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with one count of coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Korey Larkin, 26, of Dallas, Texas, was arrested last week on a federal criminal complaint stemming from the assault of a U.S. Postal Carrier, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Three People Suffered Significant Injuries; Defendant Was Under Influence of Alcohol and Drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation, S. 337, the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, which includes provisions of a companion bill introduced in the House by former Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm that had been stolen during the burglary of a Belton, Mo., police officer’s residence.
