News from September 2017
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on bipartisan negotiations in the HELP Committee to stabilize markets and lower premiums for families.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits Billing D.C. Medicaid for Supplies That Were Not Provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shawn Hill, age 34, formerly of Connecticut and currently a federal inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan, Waymart, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for assaulting a federal correctional officer and for possession of contraband in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led 50 Members of the House of Representatives in sending a letter urging President Donald Trump to negotiate lower prices for naloxone-a lifesaving drug used by first responders across the country use to help reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Carlos Djemal Nehmad and Others Transferred Over $100 Million through Shell Companies in the United States and Mexico As Part of a Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Tax Refunds from the Government of Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - To better serve the public, the Bureau of Land Management’s Upper Snake Field Office and Caribou-Targhee National Forest are now selling permits and maps at the Idaho Falls District Office and Caribou-Targhee Forest Headquarters Office, which are co-located at 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401. Permit and map sales will continue to be available at the Palisades Ranger District at 3659 E. Ririe Hwy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Court also Awards $25 Million Judgment against Allied’s President and CEO Jim C. Hodge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Fruita, CO - On Saturday September, 23, 2017, Colorado National Monument will host a Pop-up Museum. This crowd-sourced activity allows community members the opportunity to share their favorite collections of artifacts, photos, postcards, passport books, ornaments, and mementos from Colorado National...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: John Robinson, 53, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Indictment with three counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and one count of Social Security fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Indictment[1], the defendant received...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former employee of a New York company that invests in, imports and distributes “As Seen On TV" products today admitted trying to sell trade secrets to one of the company’s competitors, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Upper Snake Field Office will be closing the Kelly Island Campground for the season beginning Sept. 26. The campground is located on the popular South Fork of the Snake River. Gates to the site will be locked at 10 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 26 and all motorized vehicle entry will be restricted during this time. Human entry/ foot traffic still allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Patton, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of mail, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Tavis Tso, 40, of Tempe, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to four years of federal probation. Tso was also ordered to pay $9,145 in restitution to the victim of his crime. Tso had previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A music teacher and singer/songwriter who performs for children at synagogues, Jewish community centers, camps and conventions nationwide was arrested and charged today with receiving and distributing images of child sexual abuse, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that a federal jury convicted Stephen Jones, 30, of Rochester, NY, of conspiring to recruit underage girls to commit commercial sex acts, and sex trafficking of minors and adults by force, fraud or coercion. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The United States Department of Justice has resolved a claim that the Duval County Sheriff’s Department violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by terminating U.S. Army Reservist Jonathan J. Melendez on two occasions and retaliating...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: A Mexican man who had previously been deported twice was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2017, to 21 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: On September 14 an extreme weather event (microburst) on Lake Powell resulted in multiple parties needing emergency assistance and numerous instances of property damage. At approximately 1 p.m., National Park Service (NPS) Dispatch received multiple calls at the same time from different locations, including Wahweap Bay, Warm Creek Bay, Gunsight Canyon, Padre Canyon, Last Chance Canyon and several other locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRIN GAYLE, 24, was convicted today of racketeering, attempted murder, narcotics, and witness tampering charges, all in connection with his leadership of the Yellow Tape Money Gang in the City of Newburgh, New York. The jury convicted GAYLE on all seven counts in the controlling indictment following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel.
