News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that four defendants have been sentenced to significant prison terms by United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest for their participation in two bank burglaries. In April and May 2016, MICHAEL...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell is charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Connecticut man who defrauded credit card companies of hundreds of thousands of dollars was found guilty on stolen goods charges today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Former First State Bank of Camargo President STEPHEN GREGORY WARD, 53, of Edmond, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison for conspiring to misapply bank funds, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: For a half a century, and through three generations of the Connally family, Island Packers has been providing visitor service to the Channel Islands.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy requesting that the Committee launch an investigation and obtain documents relating to whether President Donald Trump violated federal law by concealing the payment to Stephanie Clifford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Two international computer hackers, Teodor Laurentiu Costea and Robert Codrut Dumitrescu, were extradited from Romania and arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft. A federal grand jury returned the 31-count superseding indictment on Aug. 16, 2017. Cosmin Draghici, another co-defendant, is in custody in Romania awaiting extradition to the U.S...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - Do you drive, bike, or walk in Rock Creek Park? We have news for you! The three-year Beach Drive rehabilitation project will soon enter its final stage.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Catholic Health Initiatives-Health at Home d/b/a Mercy Respiratory Care and Med Supply (CHI-MRC), a supplier of durable medical equipment in Des Moines, has agreed to pay $189,061.90 to the United States to resolve allegations it overbilled the State of Iowa’s Medicaid program for purchases of durable medical equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: EL PASO - 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 collection sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today, charging former Nashville Metropolitan Police Department (MNPD)Sergeant James Dunaway with two counts of theft from federal program funds and two counts of money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The 75-year-old long time fugitive known as “Butch" Ballow has received a second federal sentence following his admission of defrauding investors in a Nevada company with shares traded on the over-the-counter securities market, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Harris Dempsey aka “Butch" Ballow, formerly of formerly of Galveston County, pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2018, to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- A national park service report shows that more than 6.2 million recreational visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2017 spent $667 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 9.423 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $938 million.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Fingerprint capture technology has advanced to the point where high-quality rolled prints soon might be obtained without the manual assistance of a trained device operator, according to a new report issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These advancements could help law enforcement collect information-rich prints more rapidly and economically.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Connecticut man who defrauded credit card companies of hundreds of thousands of dollars was found guilty on stolen goods charges today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: MARIPOSA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is reopening the Briceburg Visitor Center located 12 miles northeast of Mariposa along State Route 140 at the entrance of the Merced River Recreation Management Area. The visitor center is open Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park invites the public to provide input into a proposed draft management plan for Saline Valley Warm Springs. Comments are due by July 2.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing an extension of the public scoping period for the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) to May 17, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- The National Park Service (NPS), the USDA Forest Service (USFS), and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have released the Mountain Goat Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for managing non-native mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport felon was sentenced Thursday to three years and five months in prison for possessing a handgun with an obliterated serial number.
