News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Lighthouse Point, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: JGB Enterprises Provided Improperly Sourced Parts for Use on Army’s Tank Recovery Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Buckhannon, West Virginia, man had an initial appearance this morning in federal court on a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Bill would strengthen protections for communities of color, low-income communities and indigenous communities
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration will join forces tomorrow with more than 4,000 local, tribal, and community partners at more than 5,000 collection sites to collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The effort will help prevent these drugs, including opioids, from falling into the wrong hands and contributing to a lethal drug abuse epidemic in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man With Goatee Robs Albuquerque Bank, Might Have Fled in Pickup Truck.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement related to ongoing concerns over a $300 million contract awarded to Whitefish Energy...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s announcement that he intends to dramatically downsize the Lifeline program...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Central Kentucky pharmacist, who owned and operated Hometown Pharmacy of Georgetown, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison, followed by two years of home incarceration as a term of his supervised release, for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man was sentenced today to three years in prison for running multiple scams that defrauded investors of over $2.3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen A. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2014, Catholic Health submitted or caused to be submitted, false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services. The services were provided by Catholic Health at long and short-term skilled nursing care and post-acute care facilities including Father Baker Manor, St. Francis Williamsville, and the McAuley Residence.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released draft environmental documents for a pilot project for Widren Water District that would allow the district to convey up to 1,000 acre-feet of reverse osmosis treated groundwater through the Delta-Mendota Canal and potentially store it in San Luis Reservoir. The pilot project is part of a larger project aimed at reducing dissolved minerals like salt and selenium in the Grassland Drainage Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Cynthia Stiger, 52, of Dallas, Texas, who was convicted in April 2016 of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 120 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23,630,777.26 in restitution, joint and several with all codefendants to Medicare and Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Salt Flat, TX - National park units across the nation, including Guadalupe Mountains National Park, are inviting public input on possible fee increases proposed for 2018. Fees have not increased at Guadalupe Mountains National Park since 2003. With few exceptions, fees have not changed across the National Park Service (NPS) since 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who handled the case, stated that on Aug. 10, 2016, the defendant attempted to receive a shipment of approximately 145 pounds of high-grade marijuana. The marijuana was in individual bags, each weighing approximately one pound, all of which were packed into four barrels...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Justin Dewayne Barr, age 32, of Scranton, SC, pled guilty in federal court in Florence to Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Cocaine Base, and Marijuana. United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that THOMPSON CHRISTOPHER KYLE MANDRELL, age 30, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Jared Mark Caros, 32, of Elizabethtown, Ky., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Neil V. Wake to ten months in prison with one year of supervised release to follow. Caros was previously found guilty after a jury trial in June. Then in September, Caros admitted his guilt in...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Pipestone National Monument News Release. For Release: Immediate Release 10/30/2017. Contact: Cody Goraczkowski Phone: 507-825-5464 Ext. 213 Email: e-mail us. Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center Closed Thanksgiving Day. Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen H. Livermont announced, “In observance...
