News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces the Arrest of an Alleged Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: (MALTA, Mont.) - The area burned by the July Fire will reopen for public use May 11.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 27-year-old Lewisville, Texas man has been sentenced to 62 years in federal prison for violent crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: FLOWOOD, MS - The Bureau of Land Management wild horse and burro program serves American families by providing opportunities in local communities to adopt or purchase one of America’s Living Legends gathered from the Western rangelands. A wild horse and burro adoption and sale event is scheduled for...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The well that supplies water to the Dripping Springs Visitor Area and La Cueva picnic area continues to be serviced and is not operational until May 9. The Bureau of Land Management is advising the public to bring their own water. However, portable toilets and hand washing stations will continue to be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant Finished Last Federal Sentence and Immediately Returned to Fraud Activity on a Bigger Scale.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on May 3, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a list of proposed policies to break down burdensome regulatory barriers in the Medicare program that get in the way of patient care.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN RODRIGUEZ, 37, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl to a Bridgeport man who overdosed on the drug in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced a Sacramento man today for his participation in a scheme that involved stealing and deconstructing U.S. Postal Service locks to reverse engineer keys in order to steal U.S. Mail, steal identities and defraud financial institutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “The Current Status of and Quality in the Medicare Advantage Program." The hearing will focus on opportunities to improve and grow the Medicare Advantage...
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today invited public comment on the proposed rule to establish the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard mandated by Congress in 2016. The standard will provide a uniform way to offer meaningful disclosure for consumers who want more information about their food and avoid a patchwork system of state or private labels that could be confusing for consumers and would likely drive up food costs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RUBEN MORALES, 45, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing drugs involved in two overdose deaths in December 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) posted a draft Utah Air Resource Management Strategy (ARMS) on ePlanning for a 14-day public comment period. This posting meets the provision outlined in the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Matthew Ashcraft, also known as Andrew McCormick, 32, of Covington, Ky., with wire fraud and aggravated identity in an indictment returned here yesterday. Ashcraft, who was arrested today by FBI agents, allegedly devised a scheme in attempt to defraud a victims’ fund in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Ross: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to conduct oversight of trade policies being implemented by the Administration. On March 8, 2018, the Administration announced the imposition of a 25-percent tariff on imported steel and a 10-percent tariff...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Five people, all members of the same family, have been indicted on federal charges alleging that they took part in a $4 million extortion and money laundering scheme. A sixth family member has been indicted on charges of tampering with a witness.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management marked a milestone today in the Administration’s effort to better align plans for managing Greater Sage-Grouse habitat on federal lands by publishing a draft environmental impact analysis of proposed changes to resource management plans in Utah.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 3, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today invited public comment on the proposed rule to establish the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard mandated by Congress in 2016. The standard will provide a uniform way to offer meaningful disclosure for consumers who want more information about their food and avoid a patchwork system of state or private labels that could be confusing for consumers and would likely drive up food costs.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 3, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order establishing the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative within the Office of the President. The Executive Order, which coincided with the National Day of Prayer, ...
