News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 28, 2018, turned in an impressive 29,412 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount was the highest total ever collected during the previous 14 take back events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ADAM J. STEELE, 26, has been charged with the robbery of an IBC Bank in Shawnee, Oklahoma, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Damien S. Pinkney, 36, of Goosecreek, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea Friday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to possession of firearms by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will host a meeting to present streamflow forecasts and projected reservoir operations for Jackson Lake Dam and other Snake River reservoirs on May 15. The meeting will be held at the 49er Inn conference room, 330 W. Pearl Street, Jackson, Wyoming, at 5:30 pm.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: In the late afternoon of Saturday, May 5, 2018, a 34-year old male visitor from Indiana was killed by falling rocks in an off-trail section of the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park. He was with 3 other visitors in a Pīpīwai Stream Tributary, about a 15-minute off-trail hike from Waimoku Falls.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation increased flows below Iron Gate Dam early Monday morning, May 7, to address disease concerns in salmon in the Klamath River.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dr. Robert Fetchero, D.O., of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, Dr. Sridhar Pinnamaneni, M.D., of Windermere, Florida, and Dr. Thelma Green-Mack, M.D., of Zionsville, Indiana, separately agreed to settle allegations that they each received improper payments for referrals from Greensburg, Pennsylvania...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - Spring has sprung --and whether you are after a trophy gobbler, hiking, biking or just enjoying a snow-free getaway, your Public Lands await your arrival.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Field Division has finished calculating the amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in the April 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Arizonans turned out in massive numbers and disposed of 12,025.43 pounds, over six tons, of prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Charles W. Johnston, age 70, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 12, 2018, for obstruction of proceedings before agencies of the United States. The indictment was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Teresa Chism, 48, a former resident of Durant, Mississippi, was arrested Friday on charges of filing fraudulent tax refund claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Ted A. Magee, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s New Orleans Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today on May 2, 2018, April Cormelius Miller, age 44, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced by District Court Judge Timothy M. Cain sitting in Anderson, South Carolina. Miller was sentenced to serve 135 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be followed by 3 years of Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Connie Margaret Metzger, a resident of Wilson, Michigan, has been indicted by a grand jury and charged with two counts of assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Chief United States District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., sentenced Timothy Scott Walters, 51, to 10 years in prison followed by 20 years of Supervised Release, announced United States Attorney Russel M. Coleman. There is no parole in the federal system. Walters remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: San Diego & Imperial, CA - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country - to include 41 locations in San Diego County and four locations in Imperial County.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will introduce today the International Security Assistance Act of 2018. The legislation, which will be marked by the full committee later this week, ensures U.S. diplomats have the tools they need to counter violent extremists and bolster regional and global security.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued environmental documents for the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District’s proposal to transfer up to 45,000 acre-feet of water (15,000 acre-feet base supply and 30,000 acre-feet Central Valley Project water) to the Colusa Drain Mutual Water Company annually from June through September 2018 through 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, SC - With summer approaching, parents and camps alike are making plans for terrific, fun opportunities for young campers to learn new skills and grow in their confidence and abilities. The United States Attorney’s Office has taken the opportunity to increase the understanding of camp organizers...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of CHARLES ASONG-MORFAW, 55, to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false individual income tax return. ASONG-MORFAW entered his guilty plea on May 7, 2018, before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
