News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management is updating fire restrictions in several counties due to current conditions and in anticipation of the influx visitors for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Mesa Verde National Park will offer free admittance on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in celebration of the 101st birthday of the National Park Service. The park service is moving into its second century and we invite you find your park and discover Parks 101, an opportunity to discover the unexpected stories of the national park system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on a firearm charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A Squirrel Hill psychiatrist has been sentenced in federal court to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release including 12 months of community confinement, six months of home detention and 500 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant Forced Victim Off the Street and Into Woods.

By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today issued the following statement after President Trump formally classified the opioid epidemic as a national emergency.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, the Phoenix Police Department and the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force arrested Juan A. Rivera Jr., 35, who is believed to be the “Blues Bandit.".

By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -Women’s Rights National Historical Park is proud to announce Women’s Equality Week which will highlight 27 women that have made serious contributions in their fields since the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. This nine-day celebration will include daily “Chapel Chats" on eight important women, as well as a display commemorating an additional 19 women outstanding in their field.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on August 9, 2017, Gregory J. Kuczora (age: 55) of Elgin, Illinois, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343/.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, G. F. Peterman, III, announced that, on Wednesday, August 9, 2017, former Bibb County School District Superintendent Romain Dallemand, age 49, of Naples, Florida, entered his guilty plea to a one-count information charging him with filing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Man with Salt and Pepper Beard Robs Albuquerque Bank.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Owner of Home Health Agency Sentenced to 75 Years in Prison for Involvement in $13 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON GALANIS was sentenced today by the Honorable Ronnie Abrams to 173 months for defrauding a Native American tribal entity and numerous pension fund investors of tens of millions of dollars in connection with the issuance of bonds by the tribal entity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Cooler temperatures and recent precipitation have slowed fire activity on the Spruce Lake Fire in Crater Lake National Park. As a result, the park was able to reopen West Rim Drive on Friday, Aug. 11, at 12:00 PM, from Rim Village to North Junction. The Rim Trail from Rim Village to North Junction has also reopened. The Level 1 Evacuation Notice for Rim Village and park headquarters has been lifted.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of passing and uttering counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: Five Plead Guilty in Multi-State Dog Fighting Prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Nicaraguan national was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town began work today in the Northern District of Alabama after taking his oath of office from Chief U.S. District Court Judge Karon O. Bowdre.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Sherie Britton, a former church administrator, has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $315,000 from a church in Clayton County, Georgia.