News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained over $44,000. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman entered a guilty plea to the felony offense of fraudulently obtaining Social Security Income benefits, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Linda Crabtree, 54, faces up to 5 years of incarceration when she is...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Media Contacts: National Park Service: Scott Gediman 209-372-0248, Jamie Richards 209-372-0529. Yosemite Conservancy: Peter Bartelme 415-664-1503 or pb@prstrategies.com, Jennifer Miller 415-434-1782 or jmiller@yosemiteconservancy.org. San Francisco Zoo & Gardens: Nancy Chan 415-840-8065 cell or nancyc@sfzoo.org...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Trumaine “Lucky" Muller (34, Orange Park) to life in federal prison for distributing a lethal dose of fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of an 18-year old woman.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Virgin Islands National Park announces that Cinnamon Bay Campground and the food and beverage concessions at Trunk Bay will now be managed by CinnOpCo, LLC, fully backed by philanthropist and Bloomberg, LP co-founder, Thomas F. Secunda. The previous concessionaire, Redwoods Park Company, LLC, and CinnOpCo have been working on an agreement for the past several months.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A jury has convicted a Northridge, Calif. man of 51 counts of fraud, money laundering, identity theft and other federal offenses in relation to a scheme that generated at least $3 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will add lifeguard services at the Frisco Beach Access this Memorial Day weekend. The popular beach, located south of the village of Frisco, North Carolina, will be staffed with lifeguards seven days a week, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: SAN ANGELO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 7 S Packing LLC - operating as Texas Packing Company in San Angelo, Texas - for exposing workers to releases of hazardous chemicals. The company faces $615,640 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2019 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will fully satisfy senior water rights. Junior water rights will receive an estimated 75% of their entitlements this irrigation season. The Yakima basin reservoir storage is currently 86% of average, and the snowpack is between 65% and 70% of average.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site will open for the 2019 visitor season at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday 22, 2019! Tours will be offered Wednesdays to Sundays through October 27th. Special events such as concerts, poetry readings, and living history programs will be offered throughout the summer. Admission to the site and events is free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Douglas Brett Bishop, of Great Capacon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants involved in drug offenses last year in Huntington were sentenced today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquan Charles Williams, 27, was sentenced to 67 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: NDAL Chosen for National Safety Partnership Program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s letter to Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., regarding his request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns under Section 6103 of the tax code...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Quentarus Smith, 38, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, a fine of $25,000, and he was ordered to forfeit over $1.1 million in the sale of drug proceeds. Smith appeared before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on April...
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LARGO, Fla. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the creation of a new collaborative program intended for local law-enforcement that wish to honor immigration detainers but are prohibited due to state and local policies that limit cooperation with the agency.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Western States Horse Expo, will offer trained wild horses for adoption in placement events Sunday, May 12, in Rancho Murieta, and Saturday, May 18, in Elk Grove.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), top Democrat on the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, again urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old Houston woman is set to appear in federal court following the return of a four-count indictment alleging bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Hossein Heydari, 61, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of fraud and related activity in connection with computers after intentionally damaging the Oregon Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and causing it to fail.
