News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - On Oct. 2, the next step in one of the largest efforts to restore burned areas in the Mojave Desert will commence as herbicide treatments begin on four areas of public lands burned in 2005/2006 that have recovered poorly.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Marisol Rivera, 57, of Jacksonville, Florida, was charged today by Indictment with wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On October 7, 2017, two exciting family friendly events are happening at the Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca. The Museum will be hosting the opening of the new Humboldt River Viewing Plaza, Humboldt River Corridor Exhibit and the 2017 Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence Art Exhibit and Concert.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Rancho Mirage cosmetic surgeon who has been on the run for four months after pleading guilty in a scheme that duped health insurance companies into paying tens of millions of dollars for cosmetic procedures that were not medically necessary was sentenced in absentia this afternoon to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Rancho Mirage cosmetic surgeon who has been on the run for four months after pleading guilty in a scheme that duped health insurance companies into paying tens of millions of dollars for cosmetic procedures that were not medically necessary was sentenced in absentia this afternoon to 20 years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Soft Svevo, a new soft durum wheat variety developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS ) scientists and their collaborators, could expand the market for wheat.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: St. Marys, Ga. - Cumberland Island National Seashore will reopen the Cumberland Island Mainland Museum after being closed by the impacts of Hurricane Irma. Visitation to Cumberland Island remains closed due to ongoing efforts to clean up storm debris and the destruction of the mainland docks used to ferry visitors to the island.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Liberian national was charged today in federal court in Boston with resisting a federal officer at Logan International Airport during removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Hazard, Ky. physician and his wife have been sentenced to 180 months in prison and 80 months in prison, respectively, following their federal convictions on multiple charges relating to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, health care fraud, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 28 year-old Ben Wheeler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Nine defendants, including four Chicago-area men, have been indicted on fraud charges for allegedly using inside information about an impending corporate acquisition to earn illegal trading profits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Release date: Immediate. Contact (s): Ami Ghazala. Phone number: 315-568-0024. Date: 9/29/17. Release Number: 17-16. Women’s Rights National Historical Park and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation Present Exhibits and Programs Celebrating Haudenosaunee Influence. Seneca Falls, NY & Fayetteville, NY - Exhibits...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents for a modification to October’s water operations in the San Francisco Bay-Delta for Delta smelt habitat, after consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Amboy National Natural Landmark Recreation Area will be undergoing an asphalt surface treatment, cracks repair and sealing, and pavement markings of the area’s access road and parking lots from Nov. 6 to 9. The temporarily vehicular traffic road closure will help the BLM keep public landscapes healthy and productive, while ensuring public safety and increasing project efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: On supervised release at the time, Crenshaw possessed and discharged a firearm at residence in Oconee County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Adam S. Cohen, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that a federal jury has returned an indictment charging 12 defendants...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Next week, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold two subcommittee hearings to gather stakeholder perspectives that will assist the Committee on developing proposals focused on building a 21st century infrastructure for America.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jose Mejia, age 24, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (USP Lewisburg) was indicted on Sept. 28, 2017, by a federal grand jury for assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of contraband.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Sept. 29, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is contributing $2.5 million to a four year Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-led project ($8.1 million total) to investigate and demonstrate new manufacturing and fabrication technologies with a goal of producing the ASME-code acceptable...
