News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS - Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has announced that the Texas White House on the LBJ Ranch will be closed for public tours for at least four days next month due to a historic preservation project. Beginning on Monday, November 6, and continuing through at least November 9, 2017, the home will be closed so that work can be completed on the living room ceiling. Depending on the rate of progress, the home may be closed even longer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Former Spring Hill Police Officer Christopher Patrick Odom, 27, of Spring Hill, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law for engaging in unwanted sexual contact with a female motorist while on duty as a police officer, announced Donald Q. Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A member of the Nine Trey Gangsters was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his role in two gang-related murders.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Beginning Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 the National Park Service at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will accept recommendations from the public on proposed service options for a concession contract at the Kettle Falls Marina. In the past concession services have included fuel sales, sewage pump-out service, boat slip rentals, a convenience store, and houseboat and recreational water craft rentals. This comment period will extend through Nov. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant Used Telephone Calls and Text Messages In Bid To Intimidate Nightclub Owners.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Quinshawn Haynie and Dara Haynie have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for conspiring to distribute and distributing heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and fentanyl in, on, or within 1,000 feet of, a public housing facility, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and was sentenced to nine months in prison, consecutive to the current sentence he is presently serving in federal prison, and three years’ supervised release, concurrent with his present sentence, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Foreign National Sentenced to 31 Months in Prison for Leadership Role in Human Smuggling Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: The Denali National Park and Preserve Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) will meet via teleconference on Oct. 25, 2017. The meeting was announced in the Federal Register on Sept. 26, 2017. The meeting was changed to the alternative date ensure a quorum.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Preliminary veterinarian results indicate that 25 wild horse foals held at the BLM’s Litchfield Corrals may have died from colitis, or inflammation of the colon. Additional tests are ongoing and the BLM is waiting for results from additional blood and tissue samples that could point to the cause of the colitis.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at South Bend International Airport (SBN). The new procedures, which were announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Delran, New Jersey, man who worked for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today admitted to stealing postal service funds, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Oct. 17, 2017 - Following a successful test burn this afternoon, and a determination by the burn boss and fire management staff, the Cedar East Prescribed Burn has started in Kings Canyon National Park. Three to four days of ignitions are planned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Andrew Joseph Baumiller, 38, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health insurance program for members of the military and their families. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell sentenced John Alexander Driscoll, age 61, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, to 210 months’ imprisonment, followed by a 15-year term of supervised release for receiving and distributing images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the availability of the Invasive Plant Management Plan/Environmental Assessment for Redwood National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man who was convicted of several counts of fraud was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Houghton, MI - The Grand Portage Band of Chippewa has been helping Isle Royale National Park with transportation planning for future visitors. The Band and the National Park Service (NPS) invite students to help develop a concept design for a new ship to service Isle Royale National Park, located in...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, requested that the Committee conduct a bipartisan investigation and hold hearings on the federal government’s response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The Committee is responsible for oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal agencies’ disaster relief efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States today filed a civil lawsuit against the husband-and-wife owners of a suburban Chicago health care company for allegedly falsely billing Medicare for millions of dollars in unnecessary or nonexistent services.
