News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Reality television performer Abigale Lee Miller has been sentenced in federal court to one year and a day incarceration on her conviction of concealing assets from the bankruptcy court, and one count of failing to report an international currency transaction, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. In addition, the court imposed two years’ supervised release, a $120,000 money judgement and a $40,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is interested in obtaining copies of historic photographs of the people, places, and events that occurred in the Big South Fork area prior to the park’s establishment. The park museum collection contains over 300 oral histories of local people, and there...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant had altered fingerprints. BOSTON - A citizen of the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a federal immigration charge. Juan Antonio Colon, 52, a Dominican national residing in Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of re-entry of a removed alien. U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with possessing methamphetamine to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. May 9, 2017 - The Parks will hold two public information meetings to discuss the implementation of Commercial Service Day (CSD) allocations for commercial operations in wilderness under the direction of the Wilderness Stewardship Plan / Final Environmental Impact Statement (WSP/FEIS) signed May 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: St. Augustine, Florida - On Saturday, May 13, 2017, come join our park rangers for a guided nature and history walk along the marsh and shoreline. Learn about the many plants and animals as a ranger guides you along the Matanzas River. The walk concludes across from the Fort where visitors learn about...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams was indicted today on additional fraud charges stemming from his alleged use of political action committee (PAC) funds and official government vehicles for his personal benefit, Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that the Initial Bison Herd Reduction Environmental Assessment (EA), which evaluates management actions related to bison on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, is available for public review and comment. The EA was prepared in collaboration with cooperating agencies - the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the InterTribal Buffalo Council.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who committed two armed robberies in the Las Vegas Valley in the same week pleaded guilty today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue officer who is a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to serve 43 months in prison today for tax evasion and corruptly endeavoring to impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Moab Field Office is initiating grazing permit renewals in the Dolores Triangle and Lisbon Valley areas of Grand and San Juan Counties, and seeking public input on these projects. There are two permit renewal project areas, each containing several allotments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - After obtaining an internal memo sent from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) instructing employees to inform the agency before communicating independently with Congress, congressional leaders sent a letter to Secretary Tom Price criticizing the memo as potentially illegal and unconstitutional.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: SR 410 Chinook Pass to remain closed until Memorial Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago trader was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for defrauding investors out of more than $9 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged a sales representative for a Haleyville, Ala.,-based compounding pharmacy with conspiracy in a multi-faceted scheme to generate prescriptions and defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and one of its prescription drug administrators out of over $13 million...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Dan Kallen, a detective in southern New Jersey, was searching a home with fellow officers in August 2015, when they found a bag of white powder. Kallen removed a scoop of powder for testing. When he was done, he closed the bag, and a bit of air escaped, carrying a puff of powder with it. It was enough to send Kallen and a fellow officer to the emergency room.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Christopher Alexander (619) 546-6665.
