News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In a conference call with federal law enforcement leaders and local drug task force commanders in Utah, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber encouraged law enforcement officers to screen all cases involving fentanyl with his office for potential federal prosecution.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C. - Engineers, scientists, and others supporting EM recently volunteered for the Savannah River Site (SRS) Science Day in partnership with the Charleston Promise Neighborhood (CPN) non-profit organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today announced that a Chicago-area physical therapy center and four nursing facilities have agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by providing unnecessary services to increase Medicare payments.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site is pleased to announce the 20th year of its fun-filled Trailblazers program. This program is open to youth ages 9-12 and will be held August 6 - 10. It will begin at 8:30 am and end at noon each day and there is no charge for the day camp. Registration will open June 17. To sign-up, contact Fort Scott National Historic Site at (620) 223-0310 or email e-mail us with your name and phone number.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is unveiling its new ranger programming this month and it is a great mix of western history, as well as local nature and science.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that a Luzerne County man pleaded guilty on June 6, 2019, in United States District Court in Scranton, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley, to drug distribution resulting in death.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $499,705.96 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 131.49 acres of America’s battlefields threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. These grants will be used to acquire a portion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a more than $1.4 million bank fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, MT - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation is seeking a vendor to provide Campground services at the Afterbay Campground. The selected vendor will be assigned the following facility.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government bill on a vote of 30 to 21. The legislation provides annual funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: KEY WEST, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Evoqua Water Technologies LLC - based in Thomasville, Georgia - for failing to protect employees working in excessive heat. The company faces $21,311 in penalties, including the maximum penalty allowed by law for the heat-related violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Eduardo Javier Reyes of the Dominican Republic and Arturo Serrano Arizmendi of Puerto Rico appeared Monday, June 10th before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller for an initial appearance after their arrest on Saturday for immigration related offenses, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the formation of a Domestic Violence Working Group aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted abusers, using the tools of federal firearm prosecutions to prevent domestic violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Terron Mason Moore, 34, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 45 months’ incarceration, three years supervised release and restitution of $171,895 by Judge Gerald J. Pappert. In February 2019, defendant pled guilty to seventeen counts of mail fraud, conversion of government funds, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his scheme to defraud the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Fund of $171,895.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Karen Owens, 54, of Phelps, NY, with wire fraud and bank fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Fifteen individuals were indicted for conspiracy to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine, 1 kilogram of heroin and 400 grams of fentanyl from 2018 to the present.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Omil Cotto, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted at trial today of illegally possessing a firearm and of possessing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: With the third year of a white sturgeon fishing season opening June 15, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area staff remind anglers of park rules.
