News from January 2017
By DOT News Wire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: New FHWA Rules Aim to Improve Performance of Nation’s Highway System
By DOT News Wire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: BTS Releases Transportation Economic Trends Report - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Transportation Economic Trends , BTS’s first stand-alone volume on transportation and the economy. The 94-page report uses a variety of data series to highlight ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Timothy Roberts (46, Missouri) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara A. Stingley (619)546-8403 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Antonio J. Spiva, 25, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of at least two individuals. A co-defendant, Charles M. McBeath, 33, of Dayton, had pleaded guilty to the same last week.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Saguaro National Park will be conducting additional road work January 17 to 24, 2017 - At the intersection of Sandario Road and Kinney Road (Site 902) - Construction crews will use a flagging operation to intermittently reduce traffic to one lane on Sandario Road between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM to install...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: A Detroit-area neurosurgeon was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his role in $2.8 million health care fraud scheme in which he caused serious bodily harm to patients by performing unnecessary invasive spinal surgeries.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Road to close tonight at 6:00 p.m. due to weather and rockfall concerns.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: **PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at 2:15 p.m. EST in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of the Honorable Ryan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Update: LOS ANGELES - A Pico-Union resident was indicted today on federal drug trafficking charges for allegedly trying to smuggle at least one kilogram of heroin on a plane leaving Los Angeles International Airport. The heroin was wrapped in Christmas paper and concealed in checked luggage on a flight...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ranking Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced that all sworn-in House of Representative Democrats sponsored their legislation to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Richard Roy Sexton, 73, of Twin Falls was sentenced today in United States District Court to 63 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Sexton pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced final amendments to the Federal oil shale management regulations to enhance fair return to taxpayers and environmental protection in any future development of oil shale on the public lands. The rule provides the Secretary of the Interior flexibility in setting royalty rates lease-by-lease, and it requires oil shale operations to include environmental protection plans for water, air, and other resources.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule that allows general aviation pilots to fly without holding an FAA medical certificate as long as they meet certain requirements outlined in Congressional legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Jeremy Lee Cabral, age 22, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Calvin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles and defrauded Medicare out of approximately $3 million by billing for unneeded or unnecessary services has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Haleem Celestial White, age 25, of Washington D.C. today to 150 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed robberies of pharmacies.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District (BLM) is taking all possible actions to address road damage caused by recent flooding and will prioritize maintenance based on public health and safety. The district has put in a request to the State for local assistance per the declared...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Superintendent Scott Tucker is pleased to announce that the entrance fee to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be waived on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former middle school teacher was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison for accessing child pornography involving a prepubescent minor and encouraging minors to produce sexually explicit images of themselves.
