News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marcus Reese, 38, of Jackson, pled guilty Thursday before United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By State Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent to Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General called into question EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's testimony during two House hearings on April 26 that threats against him have been “unprecedented ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demetrius Black, 41, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for a business opportunity to provide fuel, retail, RV sites, campground services, and expanded land-based recreation opportunities in the Hite District of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Solicitation Number...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 27-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Cody Anthony Hernandez pleaded guilty Feb. 20, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The psychiatrist of a nonprofit mental health services provider for Camden’s poorest residents today admitted signing fraudulent treatment plans meant to mislead New Jersey Medicaid inspectors, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Less than seven months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Thomas Homan issued a directive that called for increased worksite enforcement investigations to ensure U.S. businesses maintain a culture of compliance, the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has already doubled the amount of ongoing worksite cases this fiscal year compared to the last fully completed fiscal year.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: DURANGO, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation and City of Durango held a dedication ceremony this morning at the Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area located near Durango, Colo. The ceremony celebrated the collaboration and hard work between numerous stakeholders and partners to make recreation a reality at...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine. United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank, announced that Glenn Brackett, 49, of Biddeford, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing a credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Sureshkumar Muttath, M.D., an internist in Riverdale, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $1,526,038 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to the United States for medically unnecessary autonomic nervous function tests and neurobehavioral status exams.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - A new exhibit at the Bureau of Land Management’s Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum will feature Southwest Open School student art pieces inspired by local archaeological sites, documents and artifacts. The public is invited to the exhibit opening on Tuesday, May 29, at 1 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that DR. ERUM SHAHAB and WAIRE, LLC, doing business as ELLINGTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (“EBH"), have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $805,071 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: WHEELING - Attorney General Sessions and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia Bill Powell recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented on the FBI's 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - The National Park Service is pleased to announce that our ferry to Fort Matanzas National Monument will officially resume service on May 14th at 9:30am. For the last two years our ferry service and dock system at Fort Matanzas were severely damaged, first by Hurricane Matthew in October...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Statistics on of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Rome, NY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 106,936 visitors to Fort Stanwix National Monument in 2017 spent $5,743,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 78 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $7,220,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury has found Bernandino G. Bolatete (69, Jacksonville) guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm silencer. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has been set for July 25, 2018. Bolatete was indicted on December 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on May 10, 2018, affirmed the 15 ½-year prison sentence of Thurman Stanley, age 41, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, including a requirement that Stanley comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Michael J. Super, 44, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett for federal tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas J. Holloman III, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation.
