News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a violation of the federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Las Cruces, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer two guided hikes in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (Monument), highlighting its geologic history and significant paleontological and recreational resources. These three-mile hikes will begin at 8:00 a.m. from the second parking lot located near the Monument entrance, and will last approximately three hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shane Lopez, age 22, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to five years in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring that operated in Schuylkill County from 2012 through May 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Floyd Benko, age 62, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to false statement charges in connection with his performance of flawed genetic diagnostic tests for 124 cancer patients.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the release of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act with no replacement...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (July 19, 2017) --- Due to widespread precipitation across the area, additional rain in the weather forecast, and a rise in fuel moistures, it has been determined that the likelihood of wildfire has lessened to the degree that the restrictions can be rescinded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Nezar Q. Al-Bataineh, age 40, a Jordanian National, has been indicted on wire fraud and tax evasion charges related to his sale of used automobiles. It is believed that Al-Bataineh is currently residing in Jordan. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Paul Wheeler (34, Tampa) to four years in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $848,136.04, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense, and to pay restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Michael Lee Westbrook, age 41, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Greenville, for felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). Due to his significant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Miami-Dade County assisted living facility owners, Marlene Marrero, 60, of Miami, Norma Casanova, 67, of Miami Lakes, Yeny De Erbiti, 51, of Miami, Rene Vega, 57, of Miami, Maribel Galvan, 43, of Miami Lakes, Dianelys Perez, 34, of Miami Gardens, Osniel Vera, 47, of Hialeah, Alicia Almeida, 56, of Miami...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KYLE PETERSEN, 31, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and other controlled substances.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a hearing examining the successes and needed updates to the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA). Passed in 1976, MSA is the primary law governing fisheries in federal waters.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the committee will mark up the nomination of the U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy during an executive session tomorrow, Thursday, July 20, at 10 a.m., in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DREW BLANTON, 35, and MARLAND GENE HADLEY, JR., 28, have been charged in separate indictments with bank robbery, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - The National Park Service (NPS) at New River Gorge National River is working in partnership with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as they host the 2017 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, located adjacent to the park. Park staff will participate in Jamboree operations in a multitude of ways throughout the nine-day event, to be held July 19-27, 2017. Over 40,000 scouts, leaders, and others are expected to attend this year’s Jamboree.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Benjamin Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John Khin, Special Agent in Charge, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS); and Thomas Robarge, Special Agent in Charge, Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), made the announcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Because of rapid changes in technology and communications, capital and labor, and many other assets like intellectual property have become easier to move across national borders. In today’s global economy, these types of mobile assets are far more responsive to comparatively high tax rates than ever before.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. -The owner of a New Jersey trucking company today admitted committing tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud while operating his wine delivery business, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ROBERT SHANE APGAR, 33, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with falsely and maliciously reporting that his estranged ex-wife intended to blow up the Grady County Courthouse and with child exploitation and child pornography crimes, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Brunswick, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding a bank by fraudulently using a federally-backed $2 million small business loan on personal expenses, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
