News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Bassem Kuran, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to ten months in prison for making false statements to Medicare through VIP Ambulance, Inc., an ambulance company that Kuran owned and which he served as President. The Honorable Gerald J. Pappert, United States District Judge, ordered that upon Kuran’s release from prison, he must serve three years of supervised release, and further ordered Kuran to pay restitution to Medicare in the total amount of $66,901.93.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Variety of Grants Fund Range of Projects from Cameras to Increased DNA Testing.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Based on visitation trends observed over the past several years, we have made the decision to re-program our staffing budget in order to re-open on April 15, 2017, as opposed to on May 1st, as in previous years.New England states have school vacation during the last two weeks of April, and locals and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) has reduced the amount of almost every Schedule II opiate and opioid medication that may be manufactured in the United States in 2017 by 25 percent or more, according to a being published in the Federal Register tomorrow and available for public inspection...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the East Bench Irrigation District will temporarily suspend releases from Clark Canyon Dam, south of Dillon, Mont. on Thursday, October 6, 2016 from approximately 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. A residual amount of flow will remain in the river from stream bank storage and natural springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Former Oklahoma Jail Administrator Indicted for Violating Civil Rights of Detainee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Jeff Crews, a/k/a “Fro," age 25, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy and to aggravated identity theft, in connection with his activities as the leader of the Simple City Criminal Organization (SCCO), a racketeering enterprise engaged in fraud and related activity, including vehicle theft, interstate transportation of stolen property, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Julio Cabrera-Cardoza, 34, to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Cabrera-Cardoza will be on supervised release for four years. On December...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA-Work to restore endangered frogs to high elevation aquatic ecosystems will be continuing under a newly approved plan. The approval allows the National Park Service to remove nonnative fish from a number of high elevation ponds, streams, and lakes in the parks. The presence of nonnative trout, which were first introduced in the late 1800s for fishing, have significantly altered these ecosystems.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of an ongoing effort to revise provisions in its standards that may be confusing, outdated or unnecessary, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing 18 changes to the agency's recordkeeping, general industry, maritime and construction standards.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has closed Beech Cliff Trail in Acadia National Park to public access for maintenance during weekdays through Oct. 20, 2016. The one-half mile Beech Cliff Trail connects the north end of the Echo Lake parking area to the Canada Cliffs Trail. The Canada Cliffs Trail will remain open, and visitors can access it from the trailhead at the south end of the Echo Lake parking area.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Columbia Recycling Corp. Inspection site: 2410 S. Dixie Highway. Dalton, Georgia 30720. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Columbia Recycling Corp. for five repeated, three serious and one other-than-serious...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Scott Anthony Orton, 57, of Puyallup, Washington, to one year and one day in prison today for transmitting interstate threats, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A jury convicted a previously-convicted sex offender yesterday in connection with possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: St. Augustine, FL -In preparation for Hurricane Matthew and the subsequent impacts to St. Johns County, Castillo de San Marcos &Fort Matanzas National Monuments WILL BE CLOSED on Thursday, October 6, 2016 and Friday, October 7, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: GOES-R, NOAA’s biggest satellite advancement to date, will provide National Weather Service forecasters the meteorological equivalent of going from black and white to ultra-high-definition color TV. The new satellite can deliver vivid images of severe weather as often as every 30 seconds, scanning the Earth five times faster, with four times greater image resolution and using triple the number of spectral channels compared with today’s other GOES spacecraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Crystal Dufault, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to three years in prison and five years of supervised release for armed bank robbery. The charges arose...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Event Website. BERKELEY, CA -- The National Park Service is hosting a public forum on accessibility at Bay Area national park sites on Sunday, October 30. The forum seeks public input on various accessibility topics. Information tables will share details on current accessibility related projects, past...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -At this time we are beginning the effort to close the park based on the forecast of Hurricane Matthew. We are making this decision to ensure that we can effectively evacuate the islands in a safe manner and secure the park to protect federal property and ensure staff safety. The storm...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU - Marc Hubbard, age 48, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud, for defrauding the University of Hawaii and one of its supporters of $250,000 in relation to a concert involving the recording artist Stevie Wonder that never took place. According to court documents, the fraudulent scheme ran from in or about March 2012 through on or about Oct. 3, 2012.
