News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - A jury voted on Friday to convict Kevin Green, age 57, of Brooklyn, New York, of theft of government property and misappropriation by a fiduciary, following a 5-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 50,000 Hondurans...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: NORTH TEXAS & OKLAHOMA - The final total is in from the 15th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 28, 2018. DEA and its partners, 142 participating agencies in total, took back prescription drugs at 179 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma. A total of 39,217 pounds of unused expired or unwanted drugs were turned in to the collection boxes in both states.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott was sentenced in United States District Court, before United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 96 months’ imprisonment for multiple charges of unlawful distribution and dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Russel M. Coleman.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Grants, NM - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 161,526 visitors to El Malpais National Monument and 59,012 visitors to El Morro National Monument in 2017 spent $9,235,100 and $3,624,400 respectively in communities near the parks. That spending supported 201 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $15,938,200.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Release Date: May 07, 2018. Contacts: Charles Barr, charles_barr@nps.gov, 229-924-0343, ext. 112. NR18-10. Memorial Day Programs and Events at Andersonville. Doug Livermore from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence’s Sensitive Special Operations Division to speak at Andersonville...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Biologist Thomas Lovejoy once said, “If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the environmental problems in the world.".
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that the Department of Homeland Security has changed its policy to refer all adults crossing the border between ports of entry for prosecution. This policy change will result in the separation of families.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact to disclose potential environmental effects associated with the issuance of contracts with districts and/or individual water users for conveying non-project water through Klamath Project facilities.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the Tulare Irrigation District Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System Modernization Project.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: NP Matthew Sykes Also Pleaded Guilty to Illegally Distributing Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Ohio saw a 13 percent increase in medication collected during Drug Take Back Day last month.
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement as the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule on menu labeling took effect.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Wild Horses from inmate training program to be utilized in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A now-defunct debt collection company that was based in Culver City was sentenced today for its role in a scheme that paid bribes to a public official in Arizona in exchange for confidential information that helped the company collect nearly $1 million in outstanding debts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Nicholas Benitez-Hernandez, age 46, of Mexico, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Grants, NM - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 161,526 visitors to El Malpais National Monument and 59,012 visitors to El Morro National Monument in 2017 spent $9,235,100 and $3,624,400 respectively in communities near the parks. That spending supported 201 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $15,938,200.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Margaret Sue Hardwick, a resident of Wilson, Michigan, has been indicted by a grand jury and charged with assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Goldyne Duran, 27, of Espanola, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Artemio Bustos Solano, age 35, of Conway, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced Solano to 48 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release,.
