News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: TUCSON - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced today felony charges against the owners and employees of Embrace Health and Pain Management Clinic in Tucson, Arizona. The charges arise from a 21-month investigation against two nurse practitioners who issued multiple prescriptions of powerful and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ricky Miller, Sr., 55, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a telemarketing scheme before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - John D. Heim, 40, of Pocatello, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to launder money, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Heim’s co-defendant, William Ray Carringer, 23, also of Pocatello, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By State Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded today’s Charles Taylor appeals ruling, in which the court upheld his 50-year prison sentence. Last year, the former Liberian President was found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes that the Special Court for Sierra Leone described as “amongst the most brutal and heinous recorded in human history.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: Several patient recruiters, including two medical clinic owners, have been arrested in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care company Flores Home Health Care Inc. (Flores Home Health).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2013, a search and rescue was conducted for David W. Busch, 57, of Dripping Springs, Texas. David had been hiking on the Oak Springs Trail when he began feeling nauseous, sat down, and stopped breathing. David's hiking partner hiked out to get help, and a full search and rescue team...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - After a one-day trial and less than 30 minutes of deliberation, a federal jury has convicted Bentley Mark Jenkins, 46, of Fort Worth, Texas, on one count of bank robbery. Jenkins faces a maximum statutory sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. He will remain in custody pending sentencing, which is set for Jan. 10, 2014. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Springfield with possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that CHRISTOPHER BERNARD WADE, age 42, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to serve 138 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release following his release from...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 25, 2013, Shawn Buckley, 31, from Waterloo, IL, was arraigned in East St. Louis, Illinois, on a federal indictment charging him with one count of Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine and one count of Distribution of 5 grams or more of Methamphetamine, Stephen R.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five residents of Santa Fe, N.M., were arrested earlier today based on a 16-count federal indictment charging them with Oxycodone trafficking offenses. Two other Santa Fe residents were arrested on federal marijuana trafficking charges and another individual was arrested on state narcotics trafficking charges.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a report on the ‘ADA Generation’-the young men and women who have come of age since the Americans With Disabilities Act was enacted-that offers bold steps to improve the employment of these young Americans as they seek competitive employment. Chairman Harkin was the Senate author of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement in response to reports that the Administration will delay online enrollment for small-business exchanges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Garnette L. Thomas, 75, of San Augustine, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today thatformer Monroe City Council members Arthur Gilmore Jr., 55, and Robert E. “Red" Stevens, 61, both of Monroe, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter. Gilmore received 24 months in prison and 3 years supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh-area resident has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today applauded final congressional approval of the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, which she co-authored and made sure included $50 million for the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells drilled by the federal government in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The bill is now on its way to President Obama for signing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Tuesday sentenced one St. Croix man to 22 years in prison, and his twin brother to 11 years for carjacking, robbery and other related offenses, announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and Virgin Islands Police Commissioner Rodney Querrard.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Norman J. Gross and Health Care and Government Fraud Unit Chief Jacob T. Elberg are two of 154 Department of Justice members recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director H. Marshall Jarrett with a 2013 Director’s Award.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
News Release: Sandy Springs, Ga. - Members of the public and interested parties are invited to comment on the Environmental Assessment (EA) entitled City of Roswell Willeo Road Multi-Use Trail. (GA DOT: CSTEE-0009-00[057], Fulton County, P.I. Number 0009057). The City of Roswell, in cooperation with NPS, has prepared...
