News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Joshua Frederick Davis, age 31, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Charleston, to two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Dear Ms. Fischmann: I write to request information about any determination you made with regard to a communication that Seema Verma reportedly had on March 17, 2017 with Dennis Smith, Special Advisor on Medicaid for the Arkansas Department of Human Services. I am growing increasingly concerned that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Detroit Area Medical Biller Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Her Role in a $7.3 Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, June 29, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced David James McHarg, 58, of Beaverton, Ore. to 15 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted online enticement of a minor, and one count of receiving child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District, has issued a decision to implement a bait and water trapping gather within and outside the Marietta Wild Burro Range (MWBR) due to overpopulation within the MWBR. This has led to animals leaving the range and moving into the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Hollidaysburg, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in prison, 60 months of which will be concurrent with a sentence imposed in the Southern District of Florida; three years’ supervised release; and was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Thomas E. Matassa, 24, of Gulf Breeze, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release as a sex offender for receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: William McFarland Made False Representations to Investors in Fyre Media LLC and the Fyre Festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for conspiracy to commit a nearly $5.3 million advance fee fraud scheme targeting small business owners seeking grant funding, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: After weeks of secret negotiations and backroom deals, Republicans in the Senate unveiled a health care bill for the public to review. Upon the release of the legislation, the American people sent a clear message that it would not stand for a bill that would rip affordable health...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Angela Huskey, 51, De Soto, MO, pled guilty today to one charge of mail fraud in connection with her embezzlement of approximately $1.6 million from the Grandview R-2 School District. Huskey appeared today before United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel. Sentencing is set for Oct. 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Malik D.M. Bell, 24, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 210 months in prison for sex trafficking of children and production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to continue its long-running partnership with the City of El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) to host the annual Music Under the Stars concerts during the month of July. The concerts hosted at the Memorial will start with the Independence Day...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed annual transfer approvals associated with Arvin-Edison Water Storage District’s 10-year exchange program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Cypress man entered a guilty plea today to the coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today up to $4 million in funding for six geothermal Deep Direct-Use (DDU) research projects to conduct feasibility studies of large scale, low-temperature deep-well geothermal systems and cascaded surface technologies. These projects will extend the reach...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Seward, AK -Kenai Fjords National Park is partnering with the Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area (KP-CWMA) to sponsor a Seward Community Weed Pull on Friday June 30, 2017 from 10a.m. to 3p.m. at the Seward Middle School. We will be hand pulling the invasive plant Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca). Everyone is welcome and this event is very family and child-friendly! Stay as long as you want! For more information contact Christina Kriedeman at 907-422- 0542.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found BRIAN BLOCK, the former chief financial officer of the publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT") formerly known as American Realty Capital Partners (“ARCP"), guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Los Angeles - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reminds the public, whether attending community fireworks displays or celebrating with backyard fireworks, to exercise caution when dealing with fireworks.
