News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Potomac, MD - Art comes in many shapes and forms and as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Steve Dean, longtime volunteer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal), interprets the stone canal culverts as beautiful forms of art. Join us this Saturday, May 27th at 2:00 p.m. at Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center in Potomac, MD. Steve will present a talk and slideshow of his favorite artworks along the 184.5 miles of the canal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Three Nigerians Sentenced in International Cyber Financial Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: John O. Wilson, 54, of Antioch, Tenn., was sentenced today to 52 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for defrauding his clients and insurance agencies out of more than $800,000, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Wilson was also ordered to pay $841,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Canton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are seeking public comments on a proposed action for potential Federal decisions needed to operate Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Arizona, through December 2019 and to conduct retirement activities post-2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: DENVER - A Ohio man was sentenced Wednesday to serve 18 years in federal prison and 20 years of supervised release for coercing and enticing a minor, and attempting to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged William P. Elschlager, 48, of Marietta, Ohio, with cyberstalking and deprivation of rights under color of law in an indictment returned here today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Eight people were indicted in federal court for firearms violations, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Trevor Velinor, Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Columbus Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was arrested and charged today with robbing a branch of Santander Bank in Boston.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Due to last week’s major snowstorm and continuing winter conditions at high elevations in Rocky Mountain National Park, Trail Ridge Road’s opening will be delayed and will not open over the Memorial Day Holiday.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing for President Trump’s nominees for key positions at two federal agencies: Dan Brouillette to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), and Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Pratt company pleaded guilty Thursday in an oil and gas fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Leominster man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester in connection with his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: FBI Portland Honors Missing Children's Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The founders and principals of Inofin Inc., a shuttered motor vehicle finance company based in Rockland, Mass., pleaded guilty today to fraud in connection with soliciting investments that resulted in losses of over $11 million to investors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS MITSAKOS pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud. MITSAKOS’s plea stems from his participation in a scheme to defraud investors through his...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Tammy Young, 47, of Knoxville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for her role with All About Giving, Inc., a sponsor organization in the United States Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Rural Development Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA is providing more than a quarter billion dollars in loans for rural electric infrastructure improvements.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: What the American people demand of us is bipartisan cooperation on taxes, health care, and the many other issues that affect their daily lives. Yet what the new administration has offered is a one-page tax cut proposal that’s shorter than the typical drug store receipt and a budget that looks like it was written by people who believe working families and seniors have it too easy.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, May 24th, 2017, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry accepted the Good Neighbor Award from the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce for his leadership in fostering collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico during his tenure as Governor of the State of Texas. The award goes to ...
