News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: News Releases. Sort By: Relevance Recently Updated Date Released Title. Show 10 40 per page. Loading results. Oct. 25, 2010. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments to Waive Entrance Fees on November 11. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will be joining national park units...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,853,619 visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in 2017 spent $137,625,400 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1789 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $182,717,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Matthew Tomlin, age 32, of New Jersey, was sentenced on April 16, 2018, by United States District Court Judge James Munley to 70 months’ imprisonment for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that last evening, after a four-day trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts against DWAYNE WINANS, JR., a/k/a “Butter", age 24, and BRYSON TUESNO, age 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Nelli Kesoyan, 46, of Rancho Cordova, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison for conspiring to make false statements in a matter related to naturalization and citizenship and to obstruct, impede, or influence a pending agency proceeding, and for falsifying government records, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Va Meng Joe, age 53, and a citizen of China, pled guilty yesterday to illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Ludwig, 45, of Fairport, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of mail matter by a postal employee before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Do Not Call: Combatting Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kenneth Kwak, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, announced that SAAR Corporation, a firearms manufacturer in Farmington, and two of its principals pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to violating federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - William Salazar, 42 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by District Court Judge Philip Simon on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democrats released a series of legislative proposals to address abusive robocall practices today. The Democrats announced one bill and two discussion drafts during a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing this morning on Combatting Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Atlanta man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for providing a fraudulent travel document to Transportation Security Authority (TSA) screeners at Dulles International Airport in January while attempting to flee from federal prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Liam Heim, 22, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was charged today by indictment with traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and transportation of a minor in interstate commerce with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. The indictment alleges that Heim committed each offense on March 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., Yi Lee and Santiago Aveles were sentenced for their convictions on felony charges arising out of a scheme to obtain immigration status for foreign nationals through fraudulent marriages. Lee was sentenced to six months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Nevada, Inc. (CTS), a Las Vegas medical practice whose principal physician is Dr. Bashir Chowdhry, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the United States to resolve allegations relating to its potential liability under the civil False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Glen Woods, of French Creek, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a stolen firearms conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on combating robocalls, caller ID spoofing, and telemarketing scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JESUS MATEHUALA-CABALLERO, a/k/a Francisco Rodriguez, age 40, a resident of Amite, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Carl J. Barbier to a two count indictment charging him with fraud and misuse of a social security card and resident alien card, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1546(a).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 13 projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. These selections are the first under...
