News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On August 9, 2017, Belinda A. Phillips, 58, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 24 months in federal prison for embezzlement from the Alhambra Shrine (Alhambra) in Chattanooga. Upon her release from prison, U.S. Probation will supervise her for three years. Phillips was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: A major pavement preservation project continues in Rocky Mountain National Park. The work is taking place in a variety of highly visited locations in the park and includes some closures and delays. Weather permitting, work will occur in the following locations on the dates listed. No pavement work will take place on weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Moundsville, West Virginia man and a McMechen, West Virginia man were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 90-minute car caravan tour in the Chickamauga Battlefield focusing on how the battle impacted the local population. Program participants should meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: July 26, 2017, marked the one-year anniversary for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grand Junction, Colorado, Office (GJO) listing on the National Register of Historic Places, in recognition of the site’s important, historical roles in the Manhattan Project and the Cold War.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: On August 9, 2017, Christopher E. Creek, 56, of Champaign, IL, was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison on his federal bank fraud conviction, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Creek’s conviction resulted from his participation as a developer for the construction of an apartment complex in Carbondale, IL, known as the Pointe at SIU.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: On Friday, Aug. 18, from 6:00 pm to approximately 7:00 pm, the public is invited to join Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's Environmental Protection Specialist Charles Morris, PhD, and his staff as they showcase live fish and other organisms found in the Little Calumet...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Wayne Miles, age 46, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 9, 2017, for bank robbery and attempted bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine. SOUTH BEND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Johnny Jones, 39, of Benton Harbor, Michigan was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jones...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A jury deliberated for approximately one hour yesterday, before returning a verdict of guilty against Scott Books, 34, of McLean, Ill., for the July 2016 robbery of the Land of Lincoln Credit Union in Normal, Ill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced today that Ryan Jones, 34, of Bath, Maine was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for embezzling union funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN KING, also known as “Soy," 33, of Queens, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Seized Assets To Be Auctioned Later This Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Leesville man pleaded guilty to taking part in counterfeiting $100 bills in order to purchase prepaid cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced today that Ryan Jones, 34, of Bath, Maine was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for embezzling union funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders today sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting additional information on the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, CDC’s role in the Flint water crisis response, and federal investment in lead poisoning prevention...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former owner of a fixed base operation at the Lebanon, Mo., airport has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a $707,000 investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of harboring illegal aliens, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. The court imposed a term of imprisonment of one day, a term of supervised release of three years, with 24 weeks of...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the conveyance of up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of Kings River flood flows in the San Luis Canal for use within Westlands Water District over a five-year period.
