News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: A Florida man has been formally indicted for his role in a scheme to steal money from Crowley Independent School District (ISD) in Crowley, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A 28-year-old Tulsa man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to distribution of child pornography, enticing a minor and tampering with a witness and evidence, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the indictment of DYLAN MATTHEW DELING, a/k/a “Jason Keens," a/k/a “Dylan Nash," 19, on child pornography and extortion charges. DELING made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Katherine Menendez, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
Release: Summary:The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making an environmental assessment available for public review and comment. This EA covers the environmental impacts of field testing a new vaccine to protect poultry chicks against Marek’s disease and Newcastle disease. This field test is needed prior to requesting licensing for the vaccine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man today admitted participating in a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on various New Jersey bank locations to steal at least $428,581, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Three Florida residents have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana -- The Bureau of Reclamation is pleased to announce the addition of two campgrounds, with a total of 26 sites, to the national reservation system. Nine campsites at Jo Bonner and 17 campsites at Chinamen’s Campgrounds can now be reserved. All campsites at Hellgate, White Earth, Court Sheriff and Riverside Campgrounds are on the reservation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tina Hart, of Glenville, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 34-year-old Atlanta, GA, man has been indicted for his role in an insurance fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich has sentenced Charles Ruggiero (37, Tampa) to five years in federal prison for accessing an electronic device with the intent to view child pornography. Ruggiero had pleaded guilty on August 9, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Dr. Hooshang Poor, a Newton geriatric medicine physician, has agreed to pay $680,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims to Medicare and the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) for care rendered to nursing home patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -John Curley, age 48, of Chester, Vermont, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of meeting a minor for sex.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Today, Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (NC-05) announced plans to hold five bipartisan hearings on higher education, marking the formal start of an effort the reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) in the 116th Congress. The joint announcement reflects the Committee’s shared intention to host a thoughtful and open exchange of ideas for improving America’s higher education system.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: On Feb. 20, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen met Northern Triangle security ministers in San Salvador, El Salvador to discuss the development of a “regional compact” and action plan aimed at addressing the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis of irregular migration and the formation of migrant caravans.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Washington, Feb. 21, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced fellowship applications to connect USDA resources with faculty and staff at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI). The 2019 Class of the E. Kika De La Garza Fellows Program is available through the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Scientific Experts Will Review Scientific Evidence on Key Nutrition Topics to Inform Development of New Guidelines WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 – To ensure America’s dietary guidance reflects the latest science, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Nine real estate investors have been sentenced for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids, in violation of the U.S. antitrust laws, at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Southern Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against TFT Galveston Portfolio LTD (Galveston Portfolio), the owners of the Seasons Resort, an apartment complex located in Galveston, Texas, as well as against James W. Gartrell Jr., a licensed engineer whose primary place of business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: A previously convicted child pornography offender was sentenced today to 96 months in prison followed by seven years of supervised release for distributing child pornography.
