News from July 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Cybersecurity attacks happen all too often, and attackers are becoming more bold and sophisticated by disrupting critical phone systems and putting 911 emergency call centers at risk. Similar to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on critical online services, Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on July 21, 2018, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In keeping with the administration’s priorities of being good neighbors and respecting the ties that native and traditional communities have to public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is announcing that the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be closed on July 13, 14, and 25. This closure allows for Pueblo de Cochiti cultural observances and routine BLM maintenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of King’s Roast Beef in Salem pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failing to pay approximately $383,000 in taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TIMATRESS TENAKA CADE, 31, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to twelve months in prison for using credit profile numbers, or CPNs, to falsely report her Social Security Number in credit applications, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members continue search efforts today for Brian Perri. Perri’s last known location was the summit of Mount Meeker (13,911 feet) on Saturday, June 30. Also assisting Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members again today is Larimer County Search and Rescue. A dog team from Larimer County Search and Rescue is also working on today’s efforts. There are 20 people involved in today’s search efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Health Quest Systems, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (Health Quest) and Putnam Health Center (PHC) have agreed to pay over $14.7 million to resolve allegations of violations of the False Claims Act by submitting inflated and otherwise ineligible claims for payment, the Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn.-July 9, 2018-A 75-count, third-superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee on June 29 and unsealed Friday, charging 21 members and associates of the Clarksville, Tennessee chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Gang with various federal crimes, including ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FEDERICO CANNON, also known as “Rico," 36, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Washington - Five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) employees were sworn in as Foreign Service officers today during a ceremony at USDA headquarters in Washington. The new officers will begin their Foreign Service careers serving as agricultural attachés at U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions across the globe.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce documents it is currently withholding relating to the harmful gag rule it has proposed for the Title X National Family Planning Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - FilibertoMoreno, 50, of Mexico, was sentenced today before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to four months incarceration for illegal reentry into the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. In addition, Judge Gomez sentenced Moreno to one year of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $100 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Cheyenne, Wyoming. - On Sunday night. July 8, a wildfire was reported to the Cody Dispatch Center at 11:02 p.m. The Terek fire, NE of Worland, Wyoming, in Washakie County, North of Hwy 16 and South of Hwy. 31, was originally two smaller lightning-caused fires which burned together. It is now approximately 10,000-14,000 acres and is burning in sage and grass.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH STEELE, also known as “Joey," 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. dismissed a discrimination case filed against the U.S. Postal Service by Justin Harter, a former temporary employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Koppel, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced by a federal district court judge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to one year and a day in prison on charges of Criminal Conspiracy to Impede the Lawful Functions of the Internal Revenue Service in Ascertaining and Collecting Taxes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: George Muzio, Jr., Posed as Teenager and Persuaded Minors to Take Sexually Explicit Photographs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Roger Lee Clem, II, aka “Woody," of Weston, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2018
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members continue search efforts today for Brian Perri. Perri’s last known location was the summit of Mount Meeker (13,911 feet) on Saturday, June 30. Air resources are not available today, due to them being assigned to wildland fires in the state. Also assisting...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement this evening following the announcement that the Trump Administration would stop making risk adjustment payments to insurance companies...
