News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Williamson man was sentenced to a year in prison for escape, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Damien Bagut, 37, previously pleaded guilty to escaping from a halfway house where he was serving a sentence for distribution of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations to limit corporate tax inversions and further address the use of earnings stripping...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Celebrate the National Lakeshore’s 46th birthday with the final Star Party of the 2016 Celestial Centennial Summer. This will be a great occasion to observe the night sky, Mars, star clusters, nebulae, and distant galaxies with park rangers and local astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: BOSTON -Haverhill-based skilled nursing facility operator Whittier Health Network, Inc., and its Director of Long Term Care, Leo Curtin, have agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Tim Rains 406-888-5838. MEDIA16- 53. Public Invited to Brown-Bag Luncheon Presentation. WEST GLACIER, MONT -The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting two brown bag luncheon presentations in October, both featuring Artists-in-Residence currently at the Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: The former Chief Financial Officer of Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas (Cay Clubs) was arrested earlier today in Orlando, Florida, on federal bank fraud and criminal tax offense charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Will Pay More Than $9 Million In Restitution And Penalties For Defrauding Clients In A Thirteen-Year Overbilling Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after Ways and Means Committee Members met with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of production, attempted production, and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jalin Russell-Halfacre, 22, of Sacramento, California, entered a guilty plea yesterday to the charge of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Russell-Halfacre was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California- After conducting surveillance on a suspect in a series of armed robberies that targeted Orange County gas stations, federal agents and local authorities last night arrested a Fontana man on federal charges after he allegedly used what appeared to be a handgun to rob a Chevron station in Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An employee of a privately-held corporation that distributes “As Seen On TV" products was arrested today and charged with theft of trade secrets and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Brooklyn, New York pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old former prison guard Leticia Martinez Garza of Del Rio to 13 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for having sexual intercourse with an inmate announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Jamaica, New York pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Linda Patricia Thompson, 59, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Oct. 12, 2016, for bank robbery. Thompson was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received 72 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Starting Oct. 17, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Dripping Springs Visitor Center, located off Dripping Springs Road, will undergo work to widen and resurface all of the sidewalks near the parking lot, bathrooms, and Visitor Center entrance. Working with BLM engineering staff, the contractors...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old former prison guard Leticia Martinez Garza of Del Rio to 13 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for having sexual intercourse with an inmate announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced it has selected Matthew Allen as the Assistant Director for Communications, a key leadership position based in its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Allen is currently a spokesman for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and will join the BLM on Monday, October 17. He brings a broad public affairs background, including experience within natural resource issues, to his new position.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today issued the following statement on Section 385 regulations issued by the Treasury Department...
