News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Brian Arthur McCormick, age 57, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of wire fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud victims through an advanced fee system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MATTHEW PERE, age 33, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to production of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a draft Environmental Assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed Contra Costa Water District’s Cypress Preserve Property Inclusion Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter and Discharge of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a West Monroe man was sentenced Wednesday to 151 months in prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) out of approximately $2.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Brian Anthony Adams, 28, of Euless, Texas, appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two companion indictments were unsealed today charging four men with participating in a bribery and kickback conspiracy involving a contract for the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Bridgewater man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to heroin trafficking charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed David Ross to the committee. Ross is President Trunmp's nominee to be assistant administrator for the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ross ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) today wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting an investigation into the alleged waste, fraud, and abuse related to the installation of a “privacy booth" in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In spring 2017, federal, state and local agencies joined forces to disrupt and dismantle a criminal organization that allegedly was trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and numerous firearms in southeastern New Mexico. Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Acting Special Agent...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The mountain lion known as P-41 was found dead yesterday on the edge of the Verdugo Mountains, near the Shadow Hills neighborhood. The cause of death is unclear, in part because the carcass had already deteriorated over a period of a few days before the death was reported by a local resident.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: BEND, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing a meeting of the John Day - Snake Resource Advisory Committee, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will be held at the Springhill Suites, 551 SW Industrial Way, Bend, OR. The meeting will run from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12, and from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today that the hearing titled “21st Century Trade Barriers: Protectionist Cross Border Data Flow Policies’ Impact on U.S. Jobs" has been rescheduled for Oct. 12, 2017, at 10:15am, in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: New York Businessman Charged in Telemarketing-Related Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that MICHAEL SCRONIC, a hedge fund manager in Westchester County, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Part of initiative to reinvigorate Project Safe Neighborhoods.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: CASPER Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will be burning slash piles on Muddy Mountain, Casper Mountain, and Bates Creek area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOPPA JACKSON, age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of powder cocaine.
