News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Halima Mohamed, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of government funds before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: The body of a 38-year-old man was recovered by park rangers early Sunday morning near the bottom of Kīlauea caldera.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deborah A. Morrison, a former executive at Providence Hospital, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from her theft of $391,600 from an association of medical professionals, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Michael Rotstein (Ocala, 55) today pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment and must pay mandatory restitution of approximately $1.5 million. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Justice Reyes, 20, of Pawtucket, was sentenced today to time served, 14 months in federal prison, for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Mickey Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Danville, Ill., man, who was registered as a sexual predator in Vermilion County, was sentenced on July 7, 2017. U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce ordered John F. Gherna, 52, of the 2400 block of Cedar St., to serve 17 ½ years (210 months) in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. Upon completion of his prison sentence, Gherna was ordered to remain on supervised release for 15 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support or resources to terrorists and one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) held a peer review of its Transmission Reliability Program on June 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Materials from the peer review, including the agenda and presentations, are now available for downloading. On June 14, 2017, OE held a review of its Reliability & Markets Program in Washington, DC.for downloading.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man was sentenced Monday to 97 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography on the Internet while posing as a 46-year-old woman, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was part of a group selling heroin in Huntington in 2015 was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Corey Lebron Blevins, 24, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to Social Security fraud, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Thomas Bennett, 58, entered his guilty plea to theft of public money.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today shared an important message regarding H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, legislation to reauthorize FDA’s critically important user fee programs. Watch the video below to learn more about why this bill is a win for patients, drug and device manufacturers, and the millions of Americans who work in the health care industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting two free tours on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 at a wild horse off-range pasture in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Attendees will have the opportunity to view more than 400 geldings roaming on approximately 1,700 acres of land inside the Tall Grass Prairie.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: On Monday, Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse will be crossing the entire continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina. It has been dubbed the Great All-American Total Solar Eclipse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Wilson Guerrero-Lagos, 34, a Honduran national residing in Worcester, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to time served and two years of supervised release. Guerrero-Lagos will be subject to deportation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today shared an important message regarding H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, legislation to reauthorize FDA’s critically important user fee programs. Watch the video below to learn more about why this bill is a win for patients, drug and device manufacturers, and the millions of Americans who work in the health care industry.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed transfers of up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of available Central Valley Project water supplies acquired through Poso Creek Water Company, LLC members.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Malachi Duncan a/k/a “Demarcus Brewster" pled guilty to charges of student loan fraud and aggravated identity theft. Duncan appeared today before United States District Judge John A. Ross.
