News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: ROSEBURG, Ore. - On Thursday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a National Public Lands Day cleanup of the Rice Creek area six miles southwest of Dillard, Ore. As stewards, the BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation as we pursue our multiple-use mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - September 21 2017 - Kelli Hogue Mauro, 48, of Birmingham, Alabama, and former Executive Director of the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program, was sentenced yesterday to five years of probation and five months of home confinement for misapplication of property worth at least $5,000 from a federal program, announced U.S. Attorney Donald Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced the arrests of Glenn Quanta Pernell, 39, Donald Lee Robinson, 51, Antonio Debor Gowans, 42, Danielle Johnnie Sarvis, 40, Whitney Sad’e Pernell, 27, Hattie F. Pernell, 55, Fatima Flesinears Ford, 32, Myra L. Dixon, 25, Cynthia Jantoria...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Springfield, Mo., women pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $718,000 tax fraud conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Just ahead of a closely watched sentencing hearing for Carlos Rafael, the leader of a notorious illegal fishing operation that has badly damaged the New England fishing economy, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent two letters today - one to Attorney General Jeff Sessions...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Bailegh Noelle Coleman, 20, of Starke, Florida, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging her and co-defendant Rajheem Kwamaine Roddey, 23, with conspiracy, sex trafficking of a minor, and benefiting financially from sex trafficking of a minor. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Nathan P. Perez (35, Orange County) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for receiving and possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on June 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song and Bishop Mark L. Bartchak of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown announced the names of the five persons appointed to the Independent Oversight Board for Youth Protection for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The Diocese created the Independent Oversight Board earlier this year pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Diocese and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Rock Island, Ill., businessman, Todd B. Raufeisen, has been sentenced to 72 months imprisonment for defrauding investors in his land development and management projects of approximately $1.7 million. In May 2017, Raufeisen, 56, entered his guilty pleas to one count each of wire...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Joseph G. Withrow, 29, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are joining to celebrate California's long-standing outdoor heritage and the contributions made to wildlife conservation by hunters and anglers on National Hunting and Fishing Day.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, plans a special steam-powered excursion to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, on Columbus Day, Monday, October 9.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Skagway - Join Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park to learn about updates to the Skagway and White Pass District National Historic Landmark documentation. The meeting will be at 4pm on Friday, September 29 in the park visitor center theater on the corner of Second Avenue and Broadway.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LISA CRINEL age 52; of New Orleans, and PCAH, INC. a/k/a PRIORITY CARE AT HOME, INC. d/b/a ABIDE HOME CARE SERVICES INC. (“ABIDE"), were sentenced today for their roles in approximately $30,052,295 in Medicare fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: On Saturday, Sept. 30, volunteers across the country will visit their favorite rivers, parks, beaches, wildlife preserves and forests to give back to the treasured lands where we play, learn, and relax. Ozark National Scenic Riverways will celebrate the 24th annual National Public Lands...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal indictment unsealed this week charges nine alleged members of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang with participating in a criminal organization that murdered six people and violently protected drug-dealing territories on the West and Southwest Sides of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Jonathan Thomas Pearce (38, Citra) to 14 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a laptop computer, which he had used to facilitate the offense. Pearce pleaded guilty on May 4, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Incident Information: For photos of affected national parks, go to: Homestead, Fla. - After assessing the Northeast district of Everglades National Park for hazards, the National Park Service has reopened the park’s marine areas east...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned three indictments yesterday charging three Hartford residents with various drug and firearm offenses.
