News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from Pakistan into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: The case is the result of a joint investigation involving the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in North Dakota and the District of Oregon and has resulted in criminal charges against 21 individuals from the United States, Canada, and China.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant PETER D.T. OGO, JR., age 30, was sentenced in District Court today to a term of imprisonment of 41 months for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud. The Court also ordered five years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $5,225.00, and a mandatory $100 assessment fee.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry joined her Agriculture Committee colleague U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to strengthen the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) - an innovative approach ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Ebensburg, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of misapplication of funds by a bank employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III and Bibb County Sheriff David Davis announced today that the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has awarded grant funds to the Middle District of Georgia Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force to implement a violent gang and gun crime reduction initiative.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Nix, 37, of Rochester, NY, and Earl McCoy, 36, of Brooklyn, NY, who carried out a series of violent home invasions in the Rochester, NY area, were sentenced to 155 years and 135 years in prison respectively by U.S.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A nighttime crew of about 50 workers is busy placing engineered grout in Tunnel 1 near the Hanford Site ’s Plutonium Uranium Extraction (PUREX) Plant after its partial collapse earlier this year.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million of new funding for fluid-power systems research for off-road vehicles. The Department's Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds early-stage, high-risk research to generate knowledge upon which industry can develop and deploy innovative transportation energy technologies that improve efficiency, lower costs for families and businesses, and increase the use of secure, domestic energy sources.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rollback of two Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules. Included in this regulatory ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Contact: Hilary Miller. Farmington, Pa. - Edgar Allan Poe rises for a special appearance this October 30! Poe was born in Massachusetts in January 1809. He died in October 1849, but his visage will return at Fort Necessity, portrayed by literary historian Rob Velella. He will read a combination of Poe's...
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 EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining HHS’s Public Health Preparedness for and Response to the 2017 Hurricane Season."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that its Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Salt Wash Rehabilitation Project in Arches National Park is now available for public review and comment. The EA identifies strategies for reducing the frequency of flooding-related closures of the Wolfe Ranch/Delicate Arch Road by improving the flow of water and sediments.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit volunteer program.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, met Tuesday afternoon with President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen. Sen. Johnson and Ms. Nielsen discussed the challenges facing the department and her plans to address cybersecurity, the federal response to the recent hurricanes, border security, and counterterrorism efforts.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today announced they had reached a bipartisan deal to help stabilize health care markets, and protect patients and families from premium spikes due to the uncertainty caused by the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor with offices in Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic, New Jersey, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, today admitted defrauding Medicare and private insurance companies out of $3 million by billing for more than 150,000 physical therapy sessions that were performed by unlicensed and unqualified personnel, Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced.
