News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: TAMPA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced today that Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Inc., d/b/a HPH Hospice, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for hospice services to the Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Michael A. Smith, age 30 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter. The Honorable John Gerrard sentenced Smith to 24 months in prison to be followed by a 3 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 19, 2013, Michael Rocky Lane, 51, of Cave Creek, Arizona, was found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute controlled substance analogues and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substance analogues by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell from June 25, 2013 through July 19, 2013. Sentencing is set before Judge Campbell on Oct. 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lindsay Branson III, 58, a former background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from his falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - At approximately 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, July 21 the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting that an Arizona Raft Adventures (AZRA) river guide required medical attention as a result of a lightning strike. The group was camped at river mile 220. Arizona Department of Public Safety airlifted the AZRA guide to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV for treatment of associated injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that following a week long jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, a Texas man was convicted on July 19 on 14 Conspiracy and Money Laundering counts stemming from a scheme to defraud hundreds of victims across the country, including several from central Pennsylvania, out of more than $3.9 million and to launder the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two men involved in New Haven-area drug trafficking were sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven. EZEL BUCHANAN, also known as “E.Z.," 34, of Hamden, was sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: After 32 years with the National Park Service (NPS), park historian and cultural resources manager, Doug Stover, will retire on July 31, 2013.Over the course of his career, Doug worked in positions of increasing complexity and along the way his career spanned 5 United States parks in 3 regions and included...
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will participate in a press conference, joined by Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Rep. Alan Lowthenthal (D-CA), tomorrow, Tuesday, July 23 at 9:15 a.m. at the House Triangle.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Starting August 5, 2013, visitors should expect heavy traffic congestion and delays in the Devils Garden area of Arches National Park. To avoid the construction area, visitors can take the following steps.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Dylan Joral Ritter, 29, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene to production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. A federal charge was brought against Ritter on May 20, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released a memo to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) detailing how intense political pressure led the Commission to override the objective advice and recommendations of the SEC’s professional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Following a months-long federal investigation, Ryan Balletto and Patrick Pearmain were charged today with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute over 1,000 plants of marijuana and using a minor in a drug operation, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A physician who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Catatea James, 47, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting structuring, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Structuring is splitting up bank deposits to keep them under a $10,000 threshold in order to avoid the currency transaction report banks file with the Internal Revenue Service for deposits over that amount.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: There will be a program on "Myths and Misconceptions about Wildlife" at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's Bandy Creek campfire circle on Saturday, July 27, at 7:00 p.m. (EDT). People of all ages can learn how to keep safe while hiking in areas with potentially dangerous wildlife. Visitors will learn what to do if they encounter wildlife such as bears and snakes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Kendrick T. Edmond, 21, of Charenton, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Hanna to larceny occurring at the Chitimacha Tribal Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a physician who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: After 32 years with the National Park Service (NPS), park historian and cultural resources manager, Doug Stover, will retire on July 31, 2013.Over the course of his career, Doug worked in positions of increasing complexity and along the way his career spanned 5 United States parks in 3 regions and included...
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the European Union designation of Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization...
