News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Lyndhurst, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.5 million from approximately 100 victims prior to high-profile initial public offerings (IPOs), Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: 22 de junio de 2017 -- La población de la nación tiene un perfil de edad distintivamente mayor que en los últimos 16 años, según nuevos estimados de población publicados hoy por la Oficina del Censo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Efran Bautista-Ayala, age 45, from Myrtle Beach was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for Illegal Re-entry into the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2). United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced Bautista-Ayala to 18 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney David Leshner (619) 546-7921.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is proposing to increase the nightly fee rates for all campsites at Bandy Creek and Blue Heron Campgrounds.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Children in grades 4 - 6 are invited to participate in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s seventh annual summer camp entitled A Call to Arms: Preserving our Past. This year the park will conduct one camp, held July 18 - 21 (Tuesday thru Friday). The camp will begin at 9 am and end at...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will be delisted from the endangered species list. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. “Agriculture research is vital to the industry’s future. The research done by our land grant universities and other institutions invests in the next crop of agricultural scientists and producers while ensuring that our farmers can be competitive and continue to meet the growing,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: MS-13 Member Sentenced to 160 Months in Prison for Racketeering-Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 1654, the “Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act," by a bipartisan vote of 233-180. Introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), the bill creates a “one-stop-shop" permitting process through the Bureau of Reclamation for new or expanded surface storage facilities. It streamlines agency permit requirements that sometimes impose unnecessary costs and burdens on entities seeking to construct new water storage infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler, of the Southern District of Alabama, announced today that Dr. James M. Crumb, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitative specialist currently practicing in Mobile, Alabama as Mobility Metabolism and Wellness, P.C. (MMW), and Coastal Neurological Institute, P.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Jon Nathaniel-Nunghons Brenner, age 34, formerly from Hopkins and Grand Rapids, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse. The sexual assault occurred on lands held in trust for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Leelanau County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking operation in Taunton and surrounding communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Stephen F. Croker, 43, of Normal, Ill., was sentenced today to five years (60 months) in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The court also ordered that Croker remain on supervised release for eight years following his release from incarceration. Croker will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that MARYSE LIBURDI pled guilty to defrauding investors in a technology company founded and operated by LIBURDI. As a result of LIBURDI’s fraud, the victim-investors lost more than $6 million. LIBURDI...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: At 2 pm, on Sunday, July 2, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host a special 45 minute program at Chickamauga Battlefield. Participants will visit places associated with some of the strange and unusual names you see around the park. Remember to dress appropriately for conditions and bring along a bottle of water and a folding chair, if you like.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Stephen F. Croker, 43, of Normal, Ill., was sentenced today to five years (60 months) in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The court also ordered that Croker remain on supervised release for eight years following his release from incarceration. Croker will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dennis Crawford, 48, who now lives in St. Johnsbury, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the nomination hearing to consider the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to serve as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
