News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dr. Allan Spagnardi and Dr. Stacy Spagnardi have been arraigned on conspiracy and fraud charges for using their chiropractic clinic to submit false claims to private insurance providers.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Oct. 12, 2017. Contact: Theo Chargualaf. Phone: 671-477-7278 ext. 1005. Barbara Alberti to Return as Superintendent of Guam and Saipan National Parks. SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service has named Barbara Alberti superintendent of War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia man has admitted to a drug distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Mobridge, South Dakota, residents, a man and a woman, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SHELL, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will hold a public meeting from 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Shell Community Hall to discuss the proposed expansion of Leavitt Reservoir near Shell. The Leavitt Reservoir expansion project is in line with the BLM’s commitment to supporting sustainable, working public lands for the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to President Trump’s Chief of Staff, General John F. Kelly, requesting White House documents relating to the federal government’s preparation for and response to recent hurricane activity affecting multiple U.S. states and territories.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Today, the Energy Department announced up to $4 million for research projects on medium- and heavy-duty natural gas engine technologies. 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A former congressional staffer pleaded guilty today for his role in orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran those foundations to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance a former congressman’s campaigns for public office, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 25-year-old Mission man has received a 10-year prison sentence for transporting cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Mario Alberto Garrido pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 23 kilograms of cocaine on Nov. 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces sentences imposed on 19 defendants since January of this year resulting from the dismantling of a drug ring distributing methamphetamine and other drugs and operated from within the prisons of the Georgia...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricanes Irma and Maria damage and response. San Juan, P.R. - The National Park Service continues its effort to stabilize, recover, and safely re-open the six national parks in the Caribbean, which sustained unprecedented damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria and remain...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HARPERS FERRY, W.Va - From mid-October to mid-December, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will be performing routine maintenance along its approximately 70 miles of perimeter boundary. The purpose of the project is to make sure park property is well-marked, which, in turn, will provide greater protection for plants, animals and historic landmarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of DONALD THOMAS PERRIN, 57, a registered sex offender, to child pornography charges. PERRIN, who was charged in a criminal complaint on November 9, 2016, pleaded guilty yesterday morning before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, moments before his jury trial was set to begin in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 52-year-old resident of The Woodlands has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Michael Fleming, Jr., a 40 year old, resident of Prichard, Alabama was sentenced today to 61 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, TX - Western National Parks Association (WNPA) and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park will host a Mexican art show and sale Friday, October 13-Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. Show hours are 9 AM to 4 PM daily at Mission San José Visitor Center, 6701 San José Drive, San Antonio, TX 78214.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A woman from Pakistan pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Beginning on Monday, Oct. 16, resource management staff will be removing hazard fuels along Trail Ridge Road from Many Parks Curve to Rainbow Curve as part of ongoing fuels mitigation work. This work will take place October 16 through Oct. 19, and again October 23 through October 26. Park visitors should expect one lane of traffic through this section of Trail Ridge Road and up to 15 minutes delays. Work will not take place on Fridays or weekends.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - Wild horses trained by inmates to accept a saddle and rider will be up for public adoption on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, 12500 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove. The adoption event is a partnership of the Bureau of Land Management and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
