News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued two Public Land Orders (PLO) affecting approximately 1.3 million acres of public lands in the Fortymile Subunit of the Eastern Interior and the Bering Glacier area in Southcentral Alaska. The PLOs revoke, in part, PLOs issued in 1972 under Sec. 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Monday, June 24, 2019, a jury found Chad Eric Mink, age 43, of Rock Island, Illinois, guilty of fifteen (15) separate federal offenses including interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, stalking (two counts), interstate domestic violence (two counts), possession of unregistered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former president of a credit union in Topeka was sentenced today to three years on supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. In addition, the defendant agreed to pay approximately $39,895 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Varian, age 52, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to one count of attempted online enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: EASTERN IDAHO- The Fourth of July weekend is around the corner, and the desire to buy and light fireworks is growing. Firefighters in eastern Idaho urge Idaho residents to use fireworks legally, appropriately and wisely.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Three marketers have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to offering or paying illegal kickbacks to physicians in relation to the government health care insurance programs Medicare, TRICARE, and the FECA Program, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Christine Ruth Turner, 43, and her husband, Joshua A. Turner, 40, both of Coeur d’Alene, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Christine Turner to 71 months in prison and Joshua Turner to 60 months in prison. Judge Lodge also ordered that each serve five years of supervised release after serving their prison sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man has been indicted for his role in running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that involved properties in Jersey City, Union, and elsewhere in New Jersey and caused losses of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The manager for the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Montana District is on board after being officially inducted to the post in a ceremony June 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm after he attempted to hide a semi-automatic pistol under a child’s car seat was sentenced today to two years in prison and to three years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Chair; and John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, submitted a comment to the Department of Labor urging Secretary Acosta to withdraw the “joint employer" proposal. Under Secretary Acosta’s proposal, corporations...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites you to share your vision for the future of Shepherd Parkway. As part of our commitment to revitalizing and enhancing national park land in Southeast and Southwest Washington, D.C., the NPS is kicking off a planning effort for Shepherd Parkway with an open house on Wednesday, July 10. You’ll also have the opportunity to submit your ideas by mail or online.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Retired Guam Police Officer and Former FBI Task Force Officer John 'Boom' Mantanona Arrested on Charges of Obstruction of Justice and Alleged Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Shortly before noon today, this week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Scott Belville, 50, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a family members residence on Pendleton Lane in Londonderry, NH. Belville was wanted on an arrest warrant issued out of the Rockingham County...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - David Quevedo Martinez, 40, of Houston, Texas, was found guilty by a jury in federal court today of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. presided over the three-day trial.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening remarks today at a full committee markup of H.R. 3352, H.Res. 220, H.Res. 221, H.Res. 222, H.Res. 358, H.R. 2037, H.R. 3206, H.R. 3460...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte indicted Andrivia Wells, also known as Tina Smith, Tina Harris, Andrivia Smith, and Andrivia Harris, 52, of Charlotte, on June 20, 2019, on charges of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns for her clients, filing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $75,000 civil settlement today with Preferred Pharmacy Solutions, LLC (PPS), a Haverhill long-term care pharmacy, in connection with the improper dispensing of controlled substances and flawed recordkeeping.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on Brexit and other international developments affecting U.S. derivatives markets.
