News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Former CEO of Tennessee-Based Telemarketing Company Sentenced to Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Chad Scates Tidwell, age 32, of Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). The charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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 USDA Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the fiscal year 2019 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw cane and refined sugars.
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 Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - Wildfire season is ramping up and over the past few months the BLM’s northeastern districts have been hard at work preparing new firefighters and getting experienced ones back into the groove. In support of this pre-season fire training push a Tri-district Mutual Response simulation, which included BLM’s Battle Mountain, Winnemucca and Elko fire programs was held on June 21.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - This holiday, Yellowstone National Park rangers ask all park visitors to arrive in the park prepared for a safe, pleasurable, and rewarding experience. Protect yourself and your park by following these tips.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Western WY-Teton Interagency fire managers announce the fire danger rating has been elevated to moderate for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, National Elk Refuge, and remaining portions of the Teton Interagency Dispatch area. The potential for fire activity has increased due to summer curing of vegetation combined with warmer, drier conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: NAMPA, Idaho - The Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) Challenge will return to Nampa on July 7-8, 2018, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Ford Idaho Horse Park (16200 N. Idaho Center Blvd). The Challenge is an in-hand competition featuring both youth and adult trainers who have worked with a wild mustang for 90 days and will now show off their progress in a series of classes, including Conditioning and Handling, In-Hand Trail and Freestyle.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: EASTERN IDAHO- The Fourth of July weekend is around the corner, and the desire to buy and light fireworks is growing. Firefighters in eastern Idaho urge Idaho residents to use fireworks legally, appropriately and wisely.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Lehigh County resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: STATEWIDE, Idaho - With warm and dry temperatures predicted for the upcoming holiday, firefighters are asking for your help to prevent human-caused wildfires from spreading in Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem Rafeeq, aka Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed, 48, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Pitts was arrested Sunday by members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kelvin Roy Thompson a/k/a "HOT" a/k/a "OLD SCHOOL," 59, of Jackson, was recently indicted and had his initial appearance and arraignment today before U.S. Magistrate Linda R. Anderson for distributing and illegally possessing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Mississippi...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deborah Marcellus, 63, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to wire fraud and filing a false income tax return. The fraud and tax charges stem from Marcellus’s embezzlement of over $818,000 from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A psychiatrist who practices at a Santa Ana clinic has been arrested on federal charges that allege he issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose.
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: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that FWC Urogynecology, LLC, a network of urogynecology practitioners throughout Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $1,700,000.00 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing the government for services that were inflated or that it did not provide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Crips Gang Member Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy in Nebraska.
