News from June 2017

By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: FALL RIVER MILLS, Calif. - Campsites, river access and picnic areas have opened for the summer season at the Bureau of Land Management Pit River Campground in northeast California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former mail carrier in Sheridan County pleaded guilty Friday to stealing mail he was supposed to deliver, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Eight current employees and one former employee of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California are among the members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Alliance, Nebraska, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on June 13, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The alleged mastermind of a foreclosure-avoidance scam that targeted distressed homeowners has been arrested on federal charges that he orchestrated a bankruptcy fraud scheme that brought in more than $7 million from victims.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Dr. Willem Ouw, 84, of Broward County, is charged in a ten-count indictment with conspiracy to dispense oxycodone, attempting to dispense oxycodone, morphine and amphetamine, and dispensing a controlled substance without authorization by law. Sarah Shoopman, 36, Orange County, and Donna Licata, 62, and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Cascadia Research senior biologist John Calambokidis will discuss his work examining the trends of populations of blue, fin, humpback, and gray whales in southern California during the July From Shore to Sea lecture.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that CARL D. WRIGHT, age 48, of Central, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to a term of imprisonment of 72 months, following WRIGHT’S convictions for bank fraud and making false...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant admitted to attempting to murder rival gang member and hide evidence from gang-related shooting.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - In order to keep the public safe, fire restrictions will start at 12:01 a.m., June 20 on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, covering all of Washington County, and lands west of Interstate 15 in Beaver and Iron counties.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Members of the Conspiracy Formed Online Romantic Relationships to Entice Victims to Provide Money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Relating To The Theft of Union Money.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant United States Attorneys James D. Gatta, Nathan D. Reilly, Richard M. Tucker and Una A. Dean of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York were four of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DARYL CAMPBELL, a/k/a “Taxstone," pled guilty yesterday to two federal weapons charges in connection with his possession of a semiautomatic handgun at Irving Plaza on May 25, 2016, the night a man was shot and killed there and three others were wounded.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers fanned out across three states early Friday morning to arrest 19 alleged members and associates of the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang charged in a 12-count federal indictment with conspiracy involving racketeering, murder, robbery, kidnapping and aggravated assault, among other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Steven R. Kaufman, Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of North Carolina (WDNC), was one of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Since mid-April, the road to the very popular Drakes Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore has been closed due to a road collapse from a failed culvert. Work on the road will be completed and the road will be reopened on Saturday, June 17.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A federal jury yesterday voted to convict siblings Mario Cardenas, age 34, and Jennifer Cardenas, age 32, both of Schenectady, New York, of making false statements under oath in applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- The Justice Department announced today that Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (Genesis) will pay the federal government $53,639,288.04, including interest, to settle six federal lawsuits and investigations regarding the submission of false claims for medically unnecessary therapy and hospice services...