News from August 2019
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are pressing the Administration for an update on the implementation of a key provision of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6), the historic, committee-led bill signed into law in October 2018 to combat the nationwide opioid crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore’s Atlantic Research and Learning Center will host the ninth annual Science in the Seashore Symposium at the Salt Pond Visitor Center on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 4:30 pm. This popular program features a diverse group of scientists and scholars sharing with the public the natural and cultural research projects they are conducting within the seashore.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: (Laurel Springs, NC) - The National Park Service announced today, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, that the signed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared for two bridge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Shady Springs man pled guilty to a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Radcliffe, 36, pled guilty to conspiring with Mark T. Radcliffe to using and carrying firearms in relation to maintaining drug-involved premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Defendant previously deported on four separate occasions.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
Release: Funding Will Go to Universities and National Laboratories
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park staff are proposing a change in current campground fees. Campground fees are based on comparable fees for similar services in nearby campgrounds. Park staff are proposing an increase for summer camping from $26 to $30 and winter camping from $18 to $20, per site, per night.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, Gladys Rosalynn McCauley, 42, of Lanett, Alabama, pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: On Thursday, September 5, The National Park Service in partnership with Visit Corinth will present Singer-Songwriters in the Round on the lawn of the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. “This will be the second year we are able to partner with Visit Corinth and bring, for free, the music of hit country...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that former Buncombe County Manager, Wanda Greene, three former County employees, and a County contractor involved in embezzlement schemes that defrauded the County of hundreds of thousands of dollars were sentenced to prison today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the Supplemental Quarterly Retail E-Commerce table. This is a new experimental data product that provides more granular e-commerce estimates.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that KEVIN E. CREED, 67, of Litchfield waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to wire fraud related to a scheme in which he stole approximately $1.4 million from a charity he organized.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Timothy Lawrence Day, age 59, of Rockville, Maryland, to 135 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Xinis ordered Day to pay a $20,000 fine and a $5,000 special...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that a ELTON JOHNSON, (“JOHNSON"), age 34, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Former Operators of Michigan Adult Foster Care Homes Sentenced for Income and Employment Tax Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 41 individuals have been charged in nine indictments for their alleged involvement in a network of “pill mill" clinics and pharmacies. Those charged include medical providers, clinic owners and managers, pharmacists, pharmacy owners and managers as well as drug dealers and traffickers. Their actions allegedly resulted in the diversion of approximately 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Prattville man and a Shelby County woman on child exploitation charges, announced Northern District of Alabama United States Attorney Jay E. Town, Middle District of Alabama United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge for Alabama Nick S. Annan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton IT staffing company pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court yesterday to knowing about but failing to notify an authority of a federal offense, namely, visa fraud at Wright State University. The case was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: Indictment Alleges that Rondell Henry Attempted to Provide Personnel and Services to the Foreign Terrorist Organization ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - More than 50 people have been indicted on federal charges as a result of a three-year investigation to identify traffickers behind a rising tide of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs on the streets of Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
