News from August 2017
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on reports the Department of Labor will seek to delay critical protections requiring financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests when giving advice about retirement plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Department Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KEVIN WILTSHIRE was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to a prison term of 30 years and one day for crimes committed as part of a Yonkers-based street gang, “Cruddy 650," including the murder...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: FREDERICK, MD - While the path of total eclipse stretches from Oregon to South Carolina, a partial solar eclipse can be enjoyed at Monocacy National Battlefield. Please join us at the Visitor Center on August 21st for our solar eclipse event! Take part in ranger talks, citizen science, make your own...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A 60-year-old doctor from Rockwall, Texas, Jacques Roy, who was convicted in April 2016 of various health care fraud charges following a six-week-long trial, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 420 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $268,147,699.15 in restitution, joint and several with all codefendants to Medicare and Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that yesterday, a federal jury convicted ANTONIO NEVEAUX, age 44, a Metairie resident, for his role in distributing cocaine base (“crack") in the New Orleans area. Following a two-day trial, the jury found NEVEAUX guilty of possession with intent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a federal jury found a Texas man guilty of conspiring to transport methamphetamine and cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a loaded semi-automatic handgun in a carry-on bag at a Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport checkpoint earlier this morning, Aug. 9.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Crews began thinning pinyon-juniper on Cedar Mountain this week in the first phase of a wildlife habitat improvement project on Bureau of Land Management land about 1.5 miles north of Rifle Gap Reservoir.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: MORRISTOWN, NJ -- Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce the availability of its Draft Vegetation and White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Assessment and Assessment of Effect for public review and comment. The purpose of the plan is to address issues associated with...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Today NOAA issued the scheduled update for its 2017 hurricane season outlook. Forecasters are now predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and they increased the predicted number of named storms and major hurricanes. The season has the potential to be extremely active, and could be the most active since 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bree Lynn Coonsis, 25, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Coonsis entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that she be sentenced to an eight-year term of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Moundsville, West Virginia residents and a South Euclid, Ohio man pled guilty today to cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Embezzled over $550,000.00 from Iceland Sports Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Seattle man has been charged in a federal indictment, returned late yesterday, with one count of knowingly causing the transmission of a command to a protected computer, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas (NDTX).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Seattle man has been charged in a federal indictment, returned late yesterday, with one count of knowingly causing the transmission of a command to a protected computer, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas (NDTX).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN POWELL pled guilty today to one count of fraud in connection with his scheme to obtain unauthorized access to more than 1,000 email accounts maintained by a New York City area university in order to download sexually explicit photos and videos. POWELL pled guilty earlier today in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Sterling Bolima, 43, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 18 months in prison, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A former felon was indicted today for using a firearm during a carjacking in Sparks, Nev., announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that livestock grazing will continue on BLM-managed portions of the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. The decision demonstrates the Trump Administration’s effort to support traditional uses such as grazing on public lands while providing opportunities for recreation and promoting conservation.
