News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District released the Talavera Substation and Distribution Project Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), starting a public comment period that will run until April 30. In addition, the BLM will host an informational meeting on the draft...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Pacific Northwest Regional Forester Jim Peña and Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management State Director Jamie Connell are pleased to announce the selection of John Giller as the Fire, Fuels and Aviation Director for the USDA Forest Service Regions 6/10 (including Oregon, Washington and Alaska), as well as the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon and Washington as part of the interagency “Service First" pilot program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Donald W. Bruggeman, a 49 year old, resident of Robertsdale, Alabama was sentenced to 29 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor with offices in Paterson, Passaic, and Elizabeth was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for defrauding Medicare and private insurance companies out of $3 million by billing them for over 150,000 physical therapy sessions that were performed by unlicensed and unqualified personnel, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dominique Raheem Manigo, a/k/a “Doma", age 19, of Walterboro, was sentenced for felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). United States District Judge David C. Norton sentenced Manigo to 48 months in federal prison with three years of supervised release to follow.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Loaded Gun and Drugs Found in Dubuque Man’s Car During a Traffic Stop.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment for a contract that would authorize the use of Grand Valley Project facilities in Grand Junction, Colo. to convey non-project water. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to three Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners today raising serious concerns about their decision to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two men today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two members of the Gardena Police Department were charged by a federal grand jury with participating in a scheme in which they purchased “off-roster" firearms not available to the general public and illegally operated businesses that resold the weapons.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Accused of Scamming CareFirst by Submitting False Information To Obtain Lower Premiums and Charging Clients Higher Prices, Netting $2 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant and Co-Conspirators Murdered a MS-13 Member for Violating the Gang’s Rules and Attempted to Kill a Suspected Rival Gang Member During the Summer of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court entered an order against three Utah-based telemarketing companies and their owner, the Department of Justice announced today. That order permanently enjoins them from engaging in deceptive and abusive telemarketing practices. The order also imposes a civil monetary penalty.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management Little Sahara Recreation Area (LSRA) staff are expecting 20,000 visitors over Easter Weekend. To prepare for this high-volume weekend, staffing will increase to include the BLM, Juab County, Utah State, and other agencies - providing up to 80 interagency personnel and law enforcement officers. Public safety is the highest priority for all agencies working at this event.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - A 41-year-old Honduran fugitive, wanted in his home country for murder, was removed from the U.S. March 22, by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Richard A. Council, 46, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann on his plea of guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization.
