News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Recognizes Sheriff Jeffrey J. Murphy During National Community Policing Week.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, PA - During the week of Oct. 10, sixth- through eighth-grade students from Scranton School District's South Intermediate 21st Century after-school program will participate in the launch of a pilot S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) program at Steamtown National Historic Site. The S.T.E.A.M program was developed by the district's South Scranton Intermediate science teacher, Ms. Katona Miller.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHAMPION ES HOLDINGS, INC., (CHAMPION), a Texas corporation, pled guilty today before the Honorable Susie Morgan to a one-count Bill of Information for misprision of a felony, and was sentenced to a one-year term of probation and ordered to pay a $1 million fine and a $250,000 community service payment to the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, a federal judge sentenced William J. O’Brien III, a former doctor of osteopathic medicine, to 30 years in prison for illegal distribution of controlled substances resulting in death and additional charges arising from O’Brien’s operation of a pill mill. United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NATANAEL MORALES-TRINIDAD, a/k/a SAMAEL MORALES, a/k/a NATANAEL K. MORALES, a/k/A NATHANIEL MORALES, age 46, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after Alejandro Mayorkas, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the month.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - The National Center for Disaster Fraud (“NCDF") will hold a press conference on Friday, October 7, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Johnston Hall, Louisiana State University, regarding the efforts of the NCDF to combat fraud related to the recent record flooding that took place in the area in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: HELENA - Joseph Lee Eldabaa, 46, of Albany Oregon was sentenced today to 120 months in prison and 60 months’ supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Court Judge Charles C. Lovell issued the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a contract worth over $1.2 million that his construction company entered to build a charter school in Baker, Louisiana. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: The Outer Banks Group continues to closely monitor the path of Hurricane Matthew. Due to Hyde County’s mandatory visitor evacuation of Ocracoke Island starting at 5:00 am today, National Park Service (NPS) visitor services on Ocracoke will be fully suspended by the end of today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo., and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office advises travelers on roads crossing public land to use caution as heavy precipitation has caused road damage and washouts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics today released a 64-page report of the work undertaken by a regional working group convened and led by David J. Hickton, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The report sets forth a community-based continuum...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: As Obamacare’s Failed Policies Harm American Families, Democrats Push for More Government Intervention.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - An accountant who participated in and attempted to cover up a $50 million New Orleans-area Medicare fraud scheme was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his involvement in the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: The fire danger level within Crater Lake National Park has dropped from extreme to moderate as a result of recent moisture and predicted cooler temperatures. Effective immediately, the Stage 1 fire restrictions implemented on July 31, 2016, are rescinded. To ensure public safety and to provide the highest degree of protection to park resources, the following regulatory provisions apply to fires within Crater Lake National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Accountant Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in $50 Million Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 80 defendants in two separate indictments for a racketeering conspiracy operating at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland. The indictments charge 18 correctional officers (COs), 35 inmates and 27 outside “facilitators," for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, a federal judge sentenced William J. O’Brien III, a former doctor of osteopathic medicine, to 30 years in prison for illegal distribution of controlled substances resulting in death and additional charges arising from O’Brien’s operation of a pill mill. United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandy Lynn Matthewson, 38, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
