News from July 2013
By EPA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, requesting documents and information regarding the administration’s decision to delay full implementation of the health care law’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s (BSO), announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging seven defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the U.S. State Department has designated Abd Al-Ra’Ouf Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamza under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. What this means is that all property...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: In the aftermath of the tragic deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters on June 30th, concerns about the United States’ ability to prevent and contain wildfires have grown. The Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona is one of 22 uncontained large fires that are currently burning across the country. Over 1.6 million acres have burned so far this fire season, with months of summer yet remaining.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - The Justice Department announced today that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) will pay $5.75 million to the federal government to resolve a lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act. SAIC, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a defense contractor that provides professional engineering and other services to various agencies and departments of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: A Fairmont City man who pled guilty on March 29, 2013, in federal court to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine for being a member of a large cocaine distribution organization, was sentenced to prison on July 3, 2013, the United States for the Southern District of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, requesting documents and information regarding the administration’s decision to delay full implementation of the health care law’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 2, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, TONY RAY MANY GUNS, a 36-year-old resident of Browning and an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 21, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of an indictment yesterday charging David F. Lewis with wrongful disclosure of health information, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Lewis faces a maximum penalty of ten years in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the indictment of Emell Meda Meda (44, Jacksonville) charging him with one count of conspiracy to structure financial transactions, and one count of structuring financial transactions. If convicted on both counts, Meda Meda faces...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence today returned a five-count charging Vaughn Watrous, 36, formerly of Providence, with five counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Cranston Police Chief Colonel Marco Palombo, Jr., Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- A woman who died while hiking the South Kaibab trail in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 48-year old Sibylle Borger of Fredericksburg, VA.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 8, 2013. Beginning on Monday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its review of the current Medicaid system and examine ideas for reform. On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Keianna A. Jones, 27, and Dominique N. Taylor, 27, both of Buffalo, N.Y., with conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims and assisting in the preparation...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, requesting documents and information regarding the administration’s decision to delay full implementation of the health care law’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: King Salmon, Alaska - Effective immediately, open fires may be built as allowed by park regulations on all park lands including Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, and the Alagnak Wild River.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed one member and two alternates to the American Egg Board for the remainder of the 2013-2014 term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On June 27, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against four defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and (commonly known as Percocet), announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Drug Enforcement Administration is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FELIX RODRIGUEZ, a licensed physician in Manhattan, was sentenced to a term of 37 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in White Plains federal court for distributing Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Michael James Allen, a 35-year-old Grand Rapids resident, pled guilty to transferring a Glock 9mm semiautomatic pistol to Roderic Dantzler, knowing that Dantzler was a convicted felon and prohibited by law from possessing a firearm.
