News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Capitol Reef is celebrating 80 years of conservation. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed Capitol Reef National Monument on Aug. 2, 1937. President Richard Nixon signed legislation to create Capitol Reef National Park on Dec. 18, 1971.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to participate in a special presentation titled “Archeology and the US Armory Grounds" on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 2:00 PM. This 60 minute program will provide visitors with an overview of the archeological excavations that have been conducted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Benjamin Katz (619) 546-9604, Andrew Young (619) 546-7981 or Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Benjamin Katz (619) 546-9604, Andrew Young (619) 546-7981 or Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who owned a Lawrence nightclub has pleaded guilty to a federal sex trafficking charge, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JILL ANDRAS LEBLANC, a/k/a JILL FREMIN, age 38, of Thibodaux, was indicted last Friday and charged with eighteen counts of wire fraud and money laundering.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several fiscal year (FY) 2017 sugar program adjustments that are being made in order to ensure an adequate supply of raw sugar in the U.S. market. The actions taken by USDA include.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three defendants pleaded guilty today in three separate cases to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Roger Irwin Harp, age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz. Harp pleaded guilty to bank robbery and to violating conditions of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will conduct geotechnical investigations at Fresno Dam starting in late July and continuing into early September.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Abudullah Almashwali, 31, a Yemeni national formerly residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Pain Management Group P.C. (“PMG"), based in Antioch, Tenn., has agreed to pay $312,000 to settle federal and state False Claims Act and overpayment allegations, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Colbert, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced on July 21, 2017, in federal court to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on bank robbery charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former employee of a New Jersey based-trucking company was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for stealing more than $3 million by issuing company checks for her own benefit, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Belleville, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Duane A. Evans announced that MIGUEL TERRAZAS-ORDONEZ, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty last Thursday to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Five members of a fraudulent debt collection scheme, including the company’s owner and operator, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to sentences ranging from 42 to 18 months, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of a life-long perpetrator of fraud and identity theft schemes. Catherine A. Demaree, 65, was sentenced to 61 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt after pleading guilty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Donte Lee, 44, of Buffalo, N.Y., of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Colorado Senator Cory Gardner announced today that the National Park Service is teaming up with partners across the nation to distribute nearly $50 million in high priority maintenance and infrastructure projects at 42 parks in 29 states. Congress...
