News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Dr. Rassan M. Tarabein, 58, a neurologist residing in Fairhope, Alabama, was arrested by law enforcement officials on federal and state criminal charges relating to health care fraud, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam, Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabam and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Four Erie residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
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: Judgment assesses penalties for illegal sales of pseudoephedrine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama-Yesterday, a federal jury found Tariq Khalil Jones, 35, of Tuskegee, Alabama, guilty of 23 separate charges stemming from numerous armed robberies in Alabama and Georgia while brandishing and discharging a firearm, and an attempted carjacking, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. During his crime spree, Jones robbed various convenience stores and other cash-heavy businesses, including.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is opening this afternoon, Friday, June 30, for the season. Old Fall River Road normally opens by the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This summer, during periods of high vehicle congestion, park staff may restrict vehicle access when needed on Old Fall...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: The first meeting of the UAS Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) on June 21-23 advanced key policies of concern to the FAA, industry and law enforcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are seeking the public's help to identify possible additional victims in an ongoing child sexual exploitation probe involving a local childcare provider.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In keeping with the administration’s priorities of energy dominance and creating jobs, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska is cooperating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the analysis of the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project (ASAP).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer a hike with Park Archaeologist Jeremy Moss to the site of the Lost Church on Saturday, July 15th. Along the one mile roundtrip hike to the ruins of the church, also known as the Ortiz Church, you will explore the fascinating history of some of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, yesterday convicted a member of the Wildboys gang of attempted murder in aid of racketeering and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Grandview, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, this week introduced a total of 15 bills to improve the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and ensure that it continues to serve Alaska Native residents, tribes, and corporations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal Complaint charging WILLIAM McFARLAND...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko District is making available for public review an Environmental Assessment (EA) for parcels of public land nominated for lease in the 2017 Competitive Geothermal Lease Sale. These parcels have the potential for future geothermal exploration and development. The 15-day public review period concludes July 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Lance James Heine, 34, of Citronelle, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his being a prohibited person in possession of a. firearm. Court documents show that Heine was involved in a shoot-out ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, yesterday convicted a member of the Wildboys gang of attempted murder in aid of racketeering and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former airman with the United States Air Force has been indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a traffic collision last summer near Vandenberg Air Force Base that caused the death of two people and the serious injury of a third.
