News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled recreation area closures, changes to hours of operations and the reopening of Natural Bridges at New Melones Lake beginning November 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David D. Klepadlo, age 65, of Clark Summit, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2020, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to three years of supervised release, including one year of home detention, for violation of the Clean Water Act and tampering with a government witness.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Each year, thousands of people find their Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. On Nov. 2, the BLM will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees in Utah. Permits are available for purchase during regular business hours, excluding federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Third Suspect Killed in Shootout with Police Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SPYROS PANOS, a former orthopedic surgeon, who was previously convicted of health care fraud, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas to charges of wire fraud, health care...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN HANNA, also known as “Zo," 52, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans for November 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: A Rowlett man who allegedly gunned down his ex-girlfriend in the midst of a bitter custody dispute has been charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm silencer, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the three-year Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) successfully concluded on Oct. 25. Eight of the nine state, local and tribal governments that participated in the program have signed new agreements with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue to tackle remaining UAS integration challenges.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO) sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Dona Ana and Valencia counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandi Ledawn Dunback, age 43, of Muskogee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 5 years’ probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $133,167.91 for Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Doctor Shoaib Qureshi, Doctor Imran Mirza, Memphis Primary Care Specialists, Lunceford Family Health Center, and Getwell Family Medicine agreed to pay $341,690 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly charging Medicare for services rendered by nurse practitioners at the higher reimbursement rate for physician services, the Justice Department announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL - Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed preliminary damage assessments following Hurricane Zeta. On Friday, Oct. 30, at 8:00 am, Johnson Beach in the Perdido Key Area and the Okaloosa Area will reopen. The Naval Live Oaks Area remains open. The three areas will resume their normal operating schedules.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department Announces Statement of Interest Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Philadelphia's Moratorium that Cancelled the Veterans Day Parade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Stephan, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Robbery, and Brandishing, Carrying, or Possession a Firearm during and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: A man who robbed a Sioux City business on Sept. 11, 2019, was sentenced Oct. 27, 2020, to more than 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Ian Garriques will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gimy Rodriguez, a/k/a “Carvo," age 28, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2020, to 262 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A Collin County couple have been sentenced for their involvement in a heroin overdose death in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
