News from August 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Today, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Civil Rights kicked off its eighth annual training conference on airport compliance requirements for airport authorities, consultants, small businesses and state and local governments. The conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Capitol in Washington, D.C.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A South Texas woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of sex trafficking a 9-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dejuan Leonard, age 23, a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood (FCI Allenwood) was indicted on July 27, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possessing a weapon in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - After the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible terrorist threats to U.S. food supplies, including at grocery stores and restaurants, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is asking for details on what the agency is doing to identify and respond to these threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $250,000 from the Jersey City Child Development Centers Inc. (JCCDC), an organization that provided early childhood development services and education to under-privileged children, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Sold Victim Businesses Non-Existent Insurance and Used the Premiums Collected for His Personal Benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Elmer S. McMasters, 28, of Uhrichsville, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: California Man Arrested for Alleged Scheme to Smuggle Export-Controlled Rifle Scopes and Tactical Equipment to Syria.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Williamsport, Md. - Attention West Virginia 4th Grade Teachers! If you are interested in bringing your students to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal), we invite you to attend our teacher workshop Wednesday, August 16th in Williamsport, Maryland to learn about curriculum programs offered to students during the school year. Two workshop sessions will be held: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: South African Doctor Took Over $200,000 Meant to Promote Safer Childbirth.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, Reed O’Brien Thomas, Jr., 27, from Dennehotso, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Thomas had previously pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Prineville, OR - As a good neighbor in the communities we serve, the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has responded to a request from Waibel Ranches, LLC and Crook County to modify the existing agreement that would have opened Teaters Road to public travel on Aug. 1, 2017. The change...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Starting Aug. 2, Willow Beach Access Road within Lake Mead National Recreation Area will reopen to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - John Cumbler, retired professor and author of Cape Cod: An Environmental History of a Fragile Eco-system, will present a program on human interactions with salt marshes on the Cape over the last 500 years. The program will be held at 7 pm on Thursday, August 17 at the outdoor amphitheater...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Aiding and Abetting, was sentenced on July 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: A Philadelphia man was sentenced to eight months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and to aiding and abetting the filing of false claims for tax refunds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 27-year-old Laredoan has entered a guilty plea for his role in recruiting and leading a firearms smuggling ring, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Evans, age 56, and William Uggiano, age 60, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were charged on July 28, 2017, in a criminal information for conspiring to steal funds from a local union.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine effective ways to increase access to affordable housing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dejuan Leonard, age 23, a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood (FCI Allenwood) was indicted on July 27, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possessing a weapon in prison.
