News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 43-year-old former resident of Goliad has been ordered to prison after she admitted to repeatedly posing as a nurse, announced acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Leticia Gallarzo pleaded guilty on July 6, 2017, to five counts of making false statements relating to health care.
By State Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2408) that seeks to protect girls’ access to education in vulnerable settings.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED LOW WATER AMENDMENT TO LAKE MEAD GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division, today announced that Raymond Winbush Sr., 43, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced to 189 months in federal prison for his role in distributing methamphetamine and cocaine in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Winbush was...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
Release: NEW YORK - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports nationwide, including Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and John...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: An environmental assessment analyzing a proposal to construct a new wayside and associated trail connections at milepost 231 on the George Parks Highway within Denali National Park and Preserve is available is available for public review and comment.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement slamming the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for again ruling against John Sturgeon, an Alaskan who sued the National Park Service after being forced off of the Nation River in 2007 for using a hovercraft to hunt moose, as he had been doing for decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: New York Man Pleads Guilty in Sextortion Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 43-year-old former resident of Goliad has been ordered to prison after she admitted to repeatedly posing as a nurse, announced acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Leticia Gallarzo pleaded guilty on July 6, 2017, to five counts of making false statements relating to health care.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - To respond to the Department of the Interior’s controversial decision to remove endangered species protections for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act (H.R. 3894)...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: The Newton B. Drury Scenic parkway will close Friday night at 5 p.m. and re-open Sunday morning. During the closures, access to the Elk Prairie Campground and Visitor Center will remain open. Closing the 10-mile through route to motorized vehicles provides an opportunity for park visitors to safely experience...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Paterson, New Jersey, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Philip, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for sexually exploiting approximately 150 boys by posing as a teenage girl on the internet and convincing the boys to send nude photos and videos of themselves to him.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - The rich heritage of southern West Virginia is celebrated through the winning photographs in the 2017 Hidden History Photo Contest exhibit. These history-based photographs taken by West Virginia photographers are currently on display at the Country Roads Visitor Center in Logan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Anesthesiology Practice Improperly Billed for Moderate Sedation Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - The former manager of the Stadium Grill restaurant in Mattoon, Ill., James Michael Hill, 40, was sentenced yesterday in Urbana to serve two years in federal prison for embezzling from the restaurant. Hill, of the 2700 block of Krishire Dr., Charleston, Ill., was ordered to report and surrender...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Defendant falsely represented that clients had died, then collected their pre-paid funeral insurance payouts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that on Sept. 11, 2017, in federal court, RICKY JAY BALL, 40, of Greenville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, altering a military discharge certificate, and two counts of obstruction of justice.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet Oct. 18-19 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to discuss the pressing challenges of wild horse and burro overpopulation on public lands and the impacts they are having on the range. The meeting will be live-streamed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time at.
