News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The lead defendant in a racketeering conspiracy involving five murders was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - In keeping with Secretary Bernhardt’s Secretarial Order 3373 which prioritizes increasing outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on a lease of public land to facilitate development of the Santa Fe River Trail Project...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with Georgetown Heritage invites you to share feedback on two alternatives (a No Action and an Action Alternative) to revitalize the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal NHP) through Georgetown. You’re invited to provide comments at a public meeting on Nov. 7, online or by mail through Nov. 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 44-year-old McAllen woman has been charged with conspiring to pay illegal kickbacks to physicians and marketers in exchange for the referral of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 19-year-old Beeville resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on policy and programs at the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Charges have been filed in connection with the September 2018 armed robbery of a federally-insured.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 180 days of home confinement; three years’ probation; fined a total of $20,000.00; and ordered to pay $156,902.89 in restitution on his conviction of unlawfully prescribing buprenorphine and committing health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: New Orleans, LA - On Oct. 15, 2019, with critical support from the U.S. Border Patrol, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) International Division, the USMS New Orleans Task Force located and arrested NOPD fugitive, Martin Jose Jarquin-Estrada, 31 years of age, in Zacatecas, Mexico. He was wanted by NOPD for a 2017 Murder.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the emerging public health threat of e-cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against real estate firm ATLANTIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC (“ATLANTIC"), and its principal, PETER FINE, for engaging in a pattern or practice...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. The nine-count indictment was unsealed today along with a parallel civil...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Kennesaw, GA - On Nov. 13, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park will implement a vehicle entrance fee program at its parking lots to help improve park facilities and infrastructure and provide enhanced services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Transportation of Child Pornography and Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
Release: Summary: In May 2019, APHIS announced and made available the final chronic wasting disease program standards. The final notice published in today’s Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Nicole M. Scott, 42, of St. Louis City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony count of wire fraud. Scott appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted her plea and set her sentencing date for Jan. 23, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT -Zion National Park will be closing Lower Emerald Pool Trail Monday through Thursday and reopen Friday through Sunday for the next few weeks starting Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. A full closure for major trail repairs will commence on Lower Emerald Pool Trail in November lasting until spring 2020 and will remain closed during the upcoming holiday season.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Kayla Pagano, age 24, of Westminster, Colorado, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 77 months (6 years and 5 months) in federal prison for distribution of heroin and methamphetamine. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Paul Sellon, age 63, of Hamburg, Iowa, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for Theft of Government Money. Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Sellon to 24 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: ATHENS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited national discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exposing employees to safety hazards, at its store on Atlanta Highway in Athens, Georgia. The company faces $125,026 in proposed penalties.
