News from October 2016
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Ajo, Arizona - Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is working with the University of Arizona’s College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture to perform energy audits of all park structures and provide an analysis to reduce future energy uses and needs. The goal of the three year project is for the park to use alternative energy sources such as solar and wind and modifying building to be more energy efficient to meet all or most of the park’s energy needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hassan El Saddique, 36, of Atlanta, GA, who was convicted of theft of money in control and possession of a bank, was sentenced to one year supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $15,120.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Activities Took Place Over a Nearly Five-Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Paul Nathan DeWeese, M.D., 61, of Holt, Michigan, was sentenced by the Hon. Robert Jonker, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, to three years’ probation and a $5,000.00 fine after pleading guilty to directing others to make and use false documents in connection with claims submitted to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ("BCBSM"). Dr. DeWeese paid $172,991.56 in criminal restitution prior to the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements About Plan to Steal Rice Seeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Marivic David will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Laurie Kelly will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Kelly has been appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wengui Yan, 61, of Stuttgart, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI while working as a geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Dale Bumpers National Research Center in Stuttgart.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted a diverse group of education advocates today from across the Commonwealth to participate in a roundtable discussion about civil rights issues in schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARION TINSON, age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to two counts of an Indictment charging violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wengui Yan, 61, of Stuttgart, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to the FBI while working as a geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Dale Bumpers National Research Center in Stuttgart.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Daniel Allen Days has been sentenced to nine years, seven months in prison for possession of five firearms as an eight-time convicted felon. Days used a straw purchaser to obtain firearms, which he then planned to sell in New Jersey.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Yosemite National Park invites the public to participate in an event on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 to learn about scientific findings related to wilderness use and planning. The event will take place at the Garden Terrace room at Yosemite Valley Lodge from 9:30 am to 4 pm. Staff from the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will share and discuss a series of scientific studies that examined visitor capacity and stock use in wilderness areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Syriane Baldwin, a/k/a “Del," 30, of Bangor, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to one year and three months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." The defendant pled guilty on May 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hassan El Saddique, 36, of Atlanta, GA, who was convicted of theft of money in control and possession of a bank, was sentenced to one year supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay $15,120.00 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact analyzing the impacts of approving a. 5-year exchange of up to 6,000 acre-feet per year of groundwater for up to 3,000 acre-feet per year of refuge (or Level 2) water with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Troy Markeith Griffin (38, Bradenton) guilty of conspiring to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of an armed robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment on Oct. 25, 2016, charging a Scranton man with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, drug trafficking, and attempting to tamper with a witness.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch following reports published by the Washington Post concerning the Justice Department’s oversight of major pharmaceutical distributors that dispense opioid-based pain drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: On Oct. 21, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Navajo Regional Office announced the start of an expanded resource management planning effort for northwest New Mexico with the publication of a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register. The BLM and the BIA Regional Office will jointly conduct an expanded analysis of management in the area that covers public, tribal, and Indian allotment lands.
