News from September 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
Release: BOISE, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport have found two loaded firearms in the carry-on luggage of passengers at the security checkpoint over the past four days.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Republican Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced H.R. 3771, the House companion to U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis’ (R-N.C.) Special Counsel Integrity Act. The bill text is attached.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Statistics for More Than 40 Demographic and Economic Topics Provide Detailed Profiles of Communities Nationwide.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Celebrate the spectacle of raptor (bird of prey) migration on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Yellowstone National Park’s Hayden Valley. The Hawk Watch is a spectacular opportunity to observe and learn about raptors, their ecology, and their migration.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Safford Field Office invites the public to participate in the development of a Travel Management Plan (TMP). Public meetings are scheduled for Sept. 26 and 27.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of parks is now accepting applications for the 2018 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Miami, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg has established a Disaster Fraud Task Force within the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) to help combat fraud schemes that develop following Hurricane Irma. The U.S. Attorney’s Office protects...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Prince George man pleaded guilty today to attempting to strangle his girlfriend at military housing on Fort Lee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: A Solon man was charged in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of more than $2.7 million, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -Joao Pereira da Fonseca, 55, a citizen of Portugal, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison on a federal charge stemming from a scheme in which he conspired to help an Iranian company unlawfully obtain sophisticated equipment from two companies in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Russ Jay Welch, Jr., 47, of Osage, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Sept. 14, 2017, for counterfeiting and forging obligations or securities of the United States and aiding and abetting. Welch was arrested in Weston County. He received 27 months ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces today that Scott Quinn, the former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Southeast Orthopedic Specialists, a Jacksonville-based orthopedic medical group, has agreed to pay the government $100,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville man was recently sentenced in United States District Court by Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III to serve 36 months in prison, for defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of $789,657.06, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Possessed approximately 23 pounds of cocaine, heroin, meth and $170,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Carlos L. Hemphill, a/k/a "Los," 34, of Cape Girardeau, was indicted on September 6, 2017, in a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S. Boyce announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On September 8, 2017, National Park Service biologists captured and killed a bear near Heart Lake in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park. The immature, male grizzly was repeatedly involved in conflicts with humans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on heroin and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today kicked-off part one of its fourth ‘Powering America’ hearing with a review of electric reliability issues and grid resiliency.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) sent a letter to Mr. Richard Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equifax Inc., requesting documents and a briefing related to their recent data breach, affecting as many as 143 million Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: New Orleans Woman Convicted of Conspiracy, Identity Theft and False Statement Charges for Role in $2.1 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme.
