News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released draft environmental documents analyzing the proposed issuance of a perpetual land use authorization to the City of Bakersfield for the construction and maintenance of a six-mile long multiuse path along the Friant-Kern Canal. The project would be constructed over three phases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Hope In-Home Care, LLC (Hope), a Newport News based provider of Medicaid in-home healthcare services, agreed to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to the Virginia Medicaid Program. Under the terms of the settlement Hope will pay a total of $3,345,065.35 to the United States and Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a two-week public scoping period for input on 133 parcels of federal minerals proposed for the December 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public scoping period will begin July 9 and conclude on July 20. The lease sale is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 5-6.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation finalized an Environmental Assessment and signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Sand Ridge Preserve Habitat Restoration Project.
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the appointment of Uttam Dhillon as Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Dhillon will replace Robert Patterson, who has retired after 30 years of service.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - On July 7, a new exhibit, “From Krakow to Castle Rock: Jagiellonian University’s Archaeological Investigations within Canyons of the Ancients National Monument," opens at Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, 27501 Hwy. 184, in Dolores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith E. Hook, age 54, of Oswego, New York, appeared in federal court today on a charge that he distributed child pornography over the internet, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 2, 2018, Van L. Mayes (a/k/a Vaun L. Mayes) (age 31) of Milwaukee was arrested and charged by a criminal complaint with attempted arson, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 844(i), 922(g), and 924(c)(1)(B)(ii).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Peregrine Falcons Return to Effigy Mounds National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, and George P. Beach II, Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Timothy Thomas, 55, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 66 months in prison for his criminal conduct in marketing and misrepresenting health insurance plans, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee and Acting Assistant Attorney General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: (LOS ANGELES) - David J. Downing, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today that Luis Eduardo Rodriguez has been charged for his role in laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in narcotics proceeds through Las Vegas real...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is confirming the effective date of the direct final rule (DFR) amending the application of the beryllium standard for general industry to materials containing trace amounts of beryllium. The agency received no significant adverse comments on the DFR, therefore, it will become effective on July 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Todd Sinclair, 50, of Cape Creek, AZ, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that his Office is working together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Philadelphia Field Office and the Philadelphia Police Department in connection with a criminal complaint filed today in Cleveland, Ohio, against...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Donald McCloud Long (51, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to illegally distribute anabolic steroids. Judge Davis also sentenced Long’s steroid supply source, Gregory Allen Baker (30, Jacksonville), to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymel Weeden, 25, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to discharge of a firearm causing death. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: HINES, OR - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burns District announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for wild horse spay feasibility and behavioral research. The research will be conducted at Oregon’s Wild Horse Corral Facility near Hines.
