News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA - Today, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) presented Valley Forge National Historical Park with a $54,000 contribution to support ongoing improvements and future enhancements to the visitor experience in the park. The contribution is comprised entirely of proceeds from the 12th Annual Revolutionary 5-Mile Run® (Rev Run) and represents the largest-ever donation to the park during the 12-year history of the Rev Run.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A physician with a pain management clinic in McMechen, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Wheeling on June 6, 2017 on health care fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Steven M. Caravella, age 28, who formerly resided in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing social security benefits paid to his mother by the Social...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of sexual exploitation of a child was sentenced on Monday, July 24, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schrier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that the group responsible for ATM thefts at several local banks pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for passport fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released on the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Republican “skinny repeal" plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Gary Paul Moorman (34, Cincinnati, Ohio) has pleaded guilty to interstate prostitution. Under the terms of the, Moorman will be sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum penalty for this offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal indictment1 was unsealed today charging Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, 52, of Allentown, for alleged violations of federal public corruption laws, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment charges Pawlowski with 14 counts of bribery, 9 counts of mail fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: FBI and Conyers Police Department Arrest Jewelry Robbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Angel Thacker Freundschuh, age 37, of Lee County, Georgia, was sentenced to 12 months and a day imprisonment for perjury by United States District Court Judge Leslie J. Abrams in Albany, Georgia on July 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that an Indian national was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for illegally selling silencers and planning to smuggle more.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 3281 (Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-CO), the “Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act," and H.R. 2371 (Rep. Paul Gosar, R-AZ), the “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: A federal jury convicted William Steele, a member of the Detroit branch of the Rollin’ 60s Crips street gang, of RICO conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. This verdict, which was announced yesterday, wrapped up a trial that began July 12, 2017. During the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A Russian national and a bitcoin exchange he allegedly ran have been indicted by a Bay Area federal grand jury on a battery of charges, including money laundering and operating an unlicensed money service business, following a multi-agency probe that included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved 13 bills Wednesday, including legislation to provide transparency and accountability for government union use of official time, a border enforcement task force bill and the TSP Modernization Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the inclusion of funding for President Trump's border wall in H.R. 3219 - “Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018":
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items that require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes. Following extensive testing and successful pilots at 10 airports, TSA plans to expand these measures to all U.S. airports during the weeks and months ahead.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced H.R. 3400, the “Recreation Not Red-Tape Act" or “RNR Act." H.R. 3400 promotes increased access to outdoor recreation opportunities on federal lands and boost rural economies across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Enrique Garcia Burgos, age 45, of Myrtle Beach, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and cocaine, a violation of Title 21, United...
