News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Newel, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud and theft from a program receiving federal funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Newel, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud and theft from a program receiving federal funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Planned Parenthood announced that it would have to withdraw from the Title X family planning program...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Angela A. Curtis, 33, of Hudson, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four months and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for mail theft. She was also sentenced to a consecutive...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Owners of Tritan EMS were sentenced in U.S. District Court for crimes related to a $3.6 million health care fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today the recipients of $505,359 in cost-share grant funding to support water conservation project activities in Arizona and California. The funding, provided through the WaterSMART Water Conservation Field Services Program, is targeted for use by local...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: BURNS, OREGON, Aug. 19, 2019-Burning invasive western juniper increases the time-post-fire-that native mountain sagebrush will remain the dominant woody vegetation in the plant community by at least 44 percent compared to cutting juniper back, according to a new study in Ecology and Evolution by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for its CBFO Technical Assistance Contract (CTAC) project under Solicitation number 89303319NEM000022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Orthodontist Indicted for Bribery and Fraud Scheme with Former Arkansas State Senator.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: On Monday, Aug. 19, the National Park Service (NPS) welcomed the 50 millionth visitor to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Deputy Superintendent Tom Ulrich greeted Meghan Boertman and her family of Norton Shores, Michigan, with enthusiasm and gifts, at the Philip A. Hart...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: As summer winds down, please join us for a Ranger guided walk or other events.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park announced that Saline Valley’s “Chicken Strip" Airfield is now officially authorized, as of Aug. 19, 2019. This legally sanctions the long-established use of this backcountry airstrip.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - Two Essex County, New Jersey, men were sentenced today to federal prison terms following their convictions on multiple drug and weapons offenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Although drier conditions remain, the Ikes Fire is moving at a good pace through the predetermined planned area. The fire is presently backing down drainages and moving along the forest floor at a low to moderate intensity through accumulations of dead vegetation and overgrowth.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - National parks will offer special programs on Sunday, Aug. 25 to commemorate the first landing of enslaved Africans 400 years ago in English-occupied North America at Virginia’s Point Comfort, now part of Fort Monroe National Monument.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Celebrate the National Park Service birthday and the lingering days of summer at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park’s Summer Celebration this Saturday, August 24 from 10am until 4pm at the park in Woodstock, VT.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: Defendant Had Multiple Felony Convictions in Three States, Outstanding Arrest Warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An armed methamphetamine trafficker was sentenced to 102 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandon Douglas Tomblin, 36, of Huntington, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at Moshannon Valley Correctional Center in Philipsburg, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and immediately following, was sentenced to two months in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced day that CARLOS HUMBERTO CARRETO-ROMERO, age 29, pleaded guilty to a one-count bill of information for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) on Aug. 13, 2019, and was sentenced that same day.
