News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Inspector General David L. Hunt investigate Chairman Ajit Pai’s failure to disclose a conversation he had with White House Counsel Donald McGahn about the Sinclair-Tribune merger after Pai committed to Pallone during a Committee hearing last month that any such conversations would be disclosed in the public docket.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Wildlife biologists will be putting GPS collars on ten adult elk between late August and October of this year to gather movement data of the elk at Grand Canyon National Park. The GPS collar information will be used to inform the development of a draft elk management plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A nurse who falsely claimed to provide health care services to Carl DeBrodie, a Medicaid beneficiary in Fulton, Mo., who was found deceased and his body encased in concrete, pleaded guilty in federal court today to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marlonn Hicks, 31, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing information regarding the manufacture and use of explosives, with the intent that the information be used for and in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Two Individuals Charged for Acting as Illegal Agents of the Government of Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that Kurt Van Voorhis (Age 52) of Hilbert, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Green Bay and pleaded guilty to violating federal tax law. Specifically, Van Voorhis, who is the manager and operator of Ultimate...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Grand Teton National Park staff will host a citizen science glacier survey Labor Day weekend, September 1 and 2. The effort is the first of its kind in the park and will give citizen volunteers the opportunity to participate in glacier monitoring efforts in the Teton Range. Options for participation are flexible-people may join both days, or for just a couple hours. Those interested should contact grte_glacier_monitoring@nps.gov for more information and to make arrangements.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Inspector General David L. Hunt investigate Chairman Ajit Pai’s failure to disclose a conversation he had with White House Counsel Donald McGahn about the Sinclair-Tribune merger after Pai committed to Pallone during a Committee hearing last month that any such conversations would be disclosed in the public docket.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerry Johnson, Jr., 57, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 161 months in prison for his second-degree murder conviction. Johnson will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT. - A weather system in the area will produce erratic winds, impacting fire behavior throughout today. The system is predicted to bring slightly cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity, as well as possible showers and thunderstorms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 59-year-old Sugar Land man has admitted to conspiring to commit health care fraud through Medicare ambulance claims, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Good Morning! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) 2018 Long-Term Stewardship Conference. Our theme for the conference is Preserving the past, preparing for the future: a broad perspective on long-term stewardship. Thank you for taking the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native America Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Lateasha Monique Perry (34, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to three counts of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud and two counts of theft of government funds. Perry faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Not Reporting Over $1 Million Held in Israeli Offshore Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Newark, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, has announced the official designation of the DEA Monmouth/Ocean County Post of Duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Somerset, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison and supervised release for life on his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.