News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 23-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for his role in organizing and planning a string of Houston-area armed robberies, including one in which someone was almost killed, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Kīpahulu, Maui - Late in the evening of May 30, 2019, Maui Fire Department, Maui Police Department, and the National Park Service responded to a report of an injured person in the Pools of ‘Oheʻo in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park. After a coordinated search effort, responders recovered the victim in the pools. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
By US DOT Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), applauded actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that take first steps to stabilize price volatility in the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market within the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
By USDA Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint against Ashville Stockyard Inc. (Ashville), Bradley Plunkett and Tilda Plunkett (Plunketts) of Ashville, Ala., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 39,130 visitors to Pecos National Historical Park in 2018 spent $2,311,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 35 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3,031,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jacob Henry, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TOSHIREA JACKSON, 50, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hoboken, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme during a municipal election, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Night Sky Program. Friday, June 7, Night Sky Program, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM. Join park staff and members of the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society to gaze at the dark skies above Florissant Fossil Beds in search of planets, galaxies, nebulas, and more. Meet at the visitor center. Science Open House...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with distributing cocaine and marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos requesting data and information to help the Committee understand how the District of Columbia’s school choice program has improved educational opportunities for D.C. students.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service has begun draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in order to repair a broken water line, which has affected the water quality of the pool this spring. While it is empty, the pool will also be cleaned. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool should be refilled and operational again by the week of June 16.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Williams, 40, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that William Cook, age 63, of Berlin, Maryland was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Colm F. Connolly to five years of imprisonment on federal bank fraud, false statement, and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph John Deaser IV, 49, of Arizona, pleaded guilty today to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of an illegal sale of a firearm by a federally licensed dealer in violation of state law, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Media Relations 202-344-1780 WASHINGTON – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Paso Sector apprehended the largest group of illegal aliens ever encountered early Wednesday morning. Agents took custody of 1,036 people after they illegally crossed the border in El Paso, Texas, shortly after 4 a.m., MDT.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Office of the Vice President The White House 8:04 P.M. EDT MR. GIDLEY: Good evening and thanks for joining the briefing call tonight regarding the crisis at our southern border. This call is on the record and it will be conducted by acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Approximately 450,000 Residential and Commercial Customers will Benefit WASHINGTON, May 30, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems in 17 states. The funding includes $64 million to finance smart grid technologies that improve system operations and monitor grid security.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Joseph P. Galichia M.D., a Wichita, Kansas, cardiologist, has agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve allegations that he and his medical group, Galichia Medical Group, P.A. (GMED), violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary cardiac stent ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: A neurologist from Mandeville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully prescribe controlled substances, namely oxycodone and hydrocodone, without performing required face-to-face examinations, and his role in a scheme to commit health care fraud. Assistant Attorney General ...
