News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced two Austin psychologists who own and operate Psychological A.R.T.S., P.C., and their patient recruiter for Health Care fraud related offenses, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Brandon J. Kimura (619) 546-9604 and Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Leaders of the Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology Committees sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today demanding answers for the Agency’s ongoing attempts to undermine and discredit the role of science. In October of 2018, EPA disbanded...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park announces the release of a new educational curriculum program developed for fourth-grade students, called Hulihia Kīlauea - A Complete Change. This new program is based on the 2018 high intensity eruption events on the island of Hawai‘i.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and John Brown, Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Brian Jordan, 33, of Trenton, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing an unregistered firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [Sept. 14, 2019] - The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public that the record of decision for the environmental impact statement associated with the final rule that updated APHIS’ regulations for the importation, ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Sept. 16, 2019 - The Dairy Margin Coverage Program offers dairy producers protection for when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost falls below a dollar amount they select.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Charles Mario Brown, Sr., age 48, of Baltimore, to seven years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Brown admitted that he operated a prostitution business involving a 16-year-old female, and at least four adult females, who performed commercial sex acts in the Baltimore area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-Belgrade resident John Michael Whitehead, who admitted child pornography crimes after sending an undercover agent images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release and $3,000 restitution to one of the victims, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Filemon Vela, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities; Jim Costa, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture; and Collin Peterson, Chairman of House Agriculture Committee are leading efforts to secure the inclusion of language in the continuing resolution (CR) which would allow USDA to move forward with the recently announced Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in federal court in Worcester for lying to federal firearms dealers and for possession of a stolen firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Finance Committee Releases Fifth Tax Extender Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Robert H. Hendricks (63, Ponte Vedra) with 12 counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Hendricks faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Hendricks that the United States is seeking a money judgment of at least $2,638,924.34, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Valer Iazmin Varga, Robert-Auras Adam, and Ana-Loredana Adam, all Romanian nationals, have been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to transport, in interstate commerce, stolen goods with a value of at least $5,000 and transporting, in interstate commerce, gold jewelry with a value of...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: On Aug. 30, the National Park Service announced a new electric bicycle (e-bike) policy for national parks, expanding recreational opportunities and accessibility. The policy supports Secretary’s Order 3376, signed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt on Aug. 29, which directs Department of the Interior (DOI) bureaus to create a clear and consistent e-bike policy on all federal lands managed by the Department.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute are partnering to present the 10th annual Heritage Starfest. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn more about dark skies. Events include lectures from assistant professor Cameron Pace of Southern Utah University, solar viewing, and stargazing...
