News from August 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: Millions of people across the country breathed a sigh of relief last month after the Republican health care bill did not pass the Senate. We have been encouraged by recent commitments from our Republican colleagues in Congress to move away from harmful partisan proposals and work...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 315 months in prison for his role in a violent and long-running racketeering conspiracy perpetuated by the “South Side Cartel," a set of the Bloods Street gang based in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding the Veterans Affairs program by billing for services he had not actually performed, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park’s Jenny Lake Rangers, Teton Interagency Helitack, and the Teton Interagency Contract Helicopter came to the rescue of two mountaineers Tuesday, August 15. The mountaineers, Nick Marucci, 30, of Salt Lake City, UT and Laura Robertson, 23, of Orem, UT were attempting to complete the Grand Traverse when they became mentally and physically exhausted after five challenging days in the high mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Chiropractors billed “no-fault" insurance policies for more than $20 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury in Providence returned a 15-count indictment charging Leoner J. Leonardo, 21, of Pawtucket, with conspiracy, trafficking heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number; and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office Troy Derby today announced that ten individuals pled guilty to a million dollar meth conspiracy responsible for distributing a minimum of 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in and around the Kansas City metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a violation of the federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the National Park Service announced the award of $517,471 in Tribal Heritage grants to 14 American Indian and Native Alaskan organizations to support the protection of America's native cultures. Projects funded by these grants will document histories, preserve traditional and performing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Two Mexican nationals were charged with illegally reentering the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Stacey E. Mendoza, 41, of Albany, was sentenced today to serve thirty-seven (37) months in prison following her guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Superintendent Dave Hallac is excited to announce a Commercial Services Orientation and Open House on Ocracoke Island.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Barstow Field Office has scheduled a summer break for the Desert Discovery Center. The center will be closed from August 18-28 and will reopen again on Aug. 29, with programs and activities focused on "Discovering the Desert."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Joshua William Jackson, 29, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 156 months in federal prison for promoting prostitution, cyberstalking and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Kenneth James, 51, of Dominica, made his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon after being charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. James was detained pending preliminary and detention hearings set for Aug. 17, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for having carfentanil and a firearm, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Randy Lutz, 35, of Providence, a former employee of a non-profit physicians group located in Providence, R.I., was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges that he allegedly demanded $25,000 in extortion payments for the return of digital media devices onto which he downloaded and took home private patient data and employee data belonging to the physicians group, without the knowledge and authorization of the physicians group.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiring to illegally traffic over 20 firearms - including assault rifles and other high-capacity weapons - into the Camden area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Two foreign nationals arrested in Brecksville after a traffic stop were indicted in federal court for having more than 370 stolen credit card account numbers and related information, said David A. Sierleja, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The leader of a drug conspiracy in Versailles, Ky., has been sentenced to federal prison, for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a Woodford County woman.
