News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Dillon McCandless, 28, of Blackfoot, was sentenced yesterday to 105
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Sarita Ranch Provission Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dion Cheatham, 44, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Samuel Lombardo, age 53, of Pittston, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment on Aug. 29, 2018, by United States District Court Judge James M. Munley for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nevada - The Secretary of the Interior has issued a Public Land Order withdrawing 694,838.84 acres of public lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, and leasing under the mineral, and geothermal leasing...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This move reverses an Obama Administration regulation and will now allow people to enroll in short-term, limited-duration (STLD) health plans for almost a full year and permits the renewal or extension of the same plan for up to 36 months...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced that the United States and Mexico have resolved bilateral issues with respect to their trade negotiations...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilderness heritage during its 18th annual Wilderness Weekend, September 8 - 9, 2018. Today, more than 110 million acres are protected in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness designation provides enhanced protection of areas that are used as sanctuaries for human recreation, habitat for wildlife, and sites for scientific research.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Defendant Beat Sikh Man Wearing a Turban.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Charles C. Adams, M.D.; Charles C. Adams, M.D., P.C. d/b/a Full Circle Medical Center and Personal Integrative Medicine PLLC (the “Adams Defendants"). The lawsuit alleges that the Adams Defendants were responsible for the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary chelation therapy.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) is recognizing Croatia, Poland, Northern Ireland and Scotland as negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). APHIS is taking this action based on our review of the World Organization for Animal Health’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Two arrests have been made in the suspected homicide of Henry Stange, 54, of Murrieta, whose remains were found inside Joshua Tree National Park on June 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Donnell, age 56, of Freeland, Maryland, was indicted on Aug. 29, 2018, by a federal grand jury for bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the town of Historic Medora invite inquiring minds of all ages to attend the sixth annual Dakota Nights Astronomy Festival Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 9. Join park rangers, astronomers, and space enthusiasts of all types to celebrate North Dakota’s beautiful night skies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled in January 2019, for a Texas man, Mark P. Barnwell, 35, who pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in 2016 and threatening minor victims in Illinois and seven other states while he was required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A prescribing physician with SKS Associates, an opioid treatment facility located in Johnstown, PA, guilty in federal court to charges of dispense and distribution of controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - Six Freeport residents were arrested yesterday on criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and cocaine sales in the Freeport area. The arrests follow criminal indictments returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A prescribing physician with SKS Associates, an opioid treatment facility located in Johnstown, PA, guilty in federal court to charges of dispense and distribution of controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Northern Rockies Type 2 Incident Management Team, led by Incident Commander Bob Fry, at 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 31, will assume management of the Goshute Cave Fire due to fire complexity and to relieve firefighters and make them available for initial attack elsewhere.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2018
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is connecting visitors to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a variety of programs in September.
