News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: “We welcome all to visit the historic courthouse, take in its beautiful authentic Victorian holiday décor, enjoy live music from talented local groups and mark the end of the holiday season with a historical ball in the rotunda," says Erin Hilligoss-Volkmann, Director of Education for Gateway Arch National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has been indicted for six counts of Hobbs Act robbery and four counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) nationwide deployment of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) has exceeded all of the program’s original objectives.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park will close to all vehiclular traffice beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 due to incoming winter weather. The roads will reopen as weather and road conditions permit. This is not necessarily a seasonal closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13’s Eastside Loco Salvatrucha (ESLS) clique was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former North Carolina resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Anton James, Jr., 22, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 28 years imprisonment following his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit racketeering activity for his role and participation in the Latin Kings street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 33 months in federal prison for concealing the theft of guns from a Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) researchers have won 32 of the R&D 100 awards given out this year by R&D Magazine. The annual awards are given in recognition of exceptional new products or processes that were developed and introduced into the marketplace during the previous year. The R&D 100 Awards were presented on Friday, November 16th in Orlando, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Brenden T. Cepaitas, 31, of Godfrey, Illinois, was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm while on federal supervised release. United States District Judge David R. Herndon sentenced Cepaitas to a total of 58 months in federal prison for the offense, to be followed by 30 months of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: From power grids to communications systems, critical infrastructure is the backbone of American society, economy, security, and health. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) enables effective, efficient, and secure operations across all homeland security missions...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of North East, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years in jail and 10 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 19, 2018 - Richard N. Schott, 51, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Kendra L. Glenn, 43, of Hartwell, Georgia, and formerly of Murfreesboro, are facing federal healthcare fraud charges for operating a scheme to defraud healthcare benefit programs, announced U.S. Attorney Don...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who owned businesses in Topeka, Olathe and Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced today to 12 months and a day for falsifying a tax return, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should take to ensure proper regulatory compliance by states with regard to encounter data reliability in managed care organizations (MCO). This study was undertaken by GAO in response to questions raised by the Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the reliability of Medicaid managed care encounter data.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 that JONATHAN BAHAM, age 25, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged to conspiring to commit bank robbery with a firearm of the Whitney Bank on South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sept. 27, 2017, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 2113(a) and (d).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS-The Bureau of Land Management, Southern Nevada District Office, is seeking public comments on an application filed by the Department of the Air Force to extend the duration of the public land withdrawal created in 1999 by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7419. The withdrawal extension application...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former North Carolina resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2018
News Release: Also Had Role in Fraudulent $20,000 Home Rehabilitation Loan Scheme.
