News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Norma Gold, 57, of Eldred, PA, pleaded guilty to false entries in federal credit union reports before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Matthew Gorman, age 43, of Takoma Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with bribery involving an agent of a program receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Drug Maker Aegerion Agrees to Plead Guilty; Will Pay More Than $35 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges and Civil False Claims Allegations.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management announced a new initiative today to provide grazing permit holders an unprecedented level of flexibility in the management of livestock while also protecting the public lands. This effort emphasizes the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting shared conservation stewardship of public lands while supporting uses such as grazing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Dover, New Hampshire man has admitted to bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Dear Chairman Hatch: We respectfully request that the Finance Committee’s September 25 hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller bill be held in one of the Senate’s larger hearing rooms rather than in our regular hearing room, Dirksen 215. This would be in keeping with the extraordinary importance of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Florida Resident Sentenced to Prison for Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced yesterday to over 10 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Climbing Association invite the public to participate in the 14th Annual Yosemite Facelift, an event held each fall to clean up trash and debris from around the park after the busy summer season.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Luis Quinones (33, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Danny Ferguson, age 42, of Kyle, South Dakota, was found guilty of Arson following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - King Edward Harris II was sentenced today to five years in prison for distributing fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. -- With the return of cooler weather and reduced wildfire dangers, the Bureau of Land Management today rescinded fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Ukiah and Arcata field offices in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Glenn and Solano counties.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Obed Wild & Scenic River was selected to receive a 2017 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. These funds will be utilized to cover the transportation cost to bring fourth grade students to experience their national park and foster connections to the natural world. This grant, part of the Foundation’s Open OutDoors for Kids program, supports the Every Kid in a Park initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A doctor with a medical practice in Margate, New Jersey, today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by signing prescriptions for patients he never saw, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Defendant Also Found Guilty in Wounding of Second Victim in Attack.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: FARMINGTON, NM ‒ On Sept. 30, the Bureau of Land Management Farmington Field Office invites the public to celebrate National Public Lands Day, an event that seeks to connect the community to public lands in their backyard.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 22, 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 echoing Senator John McCain’s call for regular order and bipartisanship on health care and urged resumed bipartisan negotiations on stabilizing health care markets and protecting families from higher premiums.
