News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Julio De La Cruz, 53, of Anchorage was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 10 months in federal prison for his part in a scheme to defraud the State of Alaska Medicaid Program out of approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A North Canton was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a $1.5 million fraud scheme, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced former Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Watson to three years in prison for lying under oath with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Federal Task Force Teams with Law Enforcement and State and Local Task Forces.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Starting Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin conducting a prescribed burn that includes approximately 300 acres within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wednesday, the Senate passed S. 1808, the Northern Border Security Review Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.). The bill would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a comprehensive examination of the current resources and personnel levels, and to fully evaluate security threats and challenges at the border.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Satish Kartan, 43, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 38, of Stockton, charging them with conspiracy to commit forced labor and the commission of forced labor. In addition, Kartan was charged with fraud in foreign labor contracting, and Barai was charged with benefiting from forced labor.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016 (Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-CA), which will allow Congress to disapprove regulations submitted by federal agencies within the last 60 legislative days of Congress during a President’s final term. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Drug trafficking organizations disrupted on Southwest side of Indianapolis.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Luray, VA - On Jan. 1, 2017, Shenandoah National Park will implement the second phase of its plan to raise the entrance fees to the park. In 2014, the National Park Service conducted a study of the entrance fees charged throughout the National Park System, to bring consistency to fees being charged...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Today, Superintendent Pat Kenney announced he is leaving Cape Lookout National Seashore. He has accepted the position of Deputy Superintendent at Yellowstone National Park. The link below is to the press release announcing his new appointment. He is anticipated to leave in January.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: During the December From Shore to Sea Lecture, Susan Morris, a local researcher and writer, will discuss new research into the 1835 removal of native peoples from San Nicolas Island (the Nicoleños) and give details about their lives in the growing city of Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: The elected Supervisor of Chesterfield Township was arrested by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today based on a criminal complaint charging him with demanding and taking bribes in exchange for his official acts in connection with a municipal contract, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today slammed the Republican majority’s decision to abandon the FY2017 Appropriations process in favor of a 3-month Continuing Resolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Drug trafficking organizations disrupted on Southwest side of Indianapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Manual Antonio Guerra-Nolasco, 36, of Canton Matelapa, El Salvador, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to eight months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after having been removed from the country. He pled guilty on August 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Loup City, Nebraska, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking with Respect to Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced the cancellation oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide section of the White River National Forest (WRNF). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: CALUMET -The Keweenaw has exceptional history and outdoor recreation opportunities, and you can combine them with the Step into History program offered by Keweenaw NHP and the Western UP Health Department. This Thanksgiving, the Step into History program will join UP Health System-Portage for its annual...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: “During October 2016, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced an increase in the number of recreational visits over the 2015 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. “This year, 531,211 visitors used the Parkway during October 2016 compared to 518,523 who were counted in 2015.".
