News from September 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today released a new staff report on Obamacare’s Navigator and Assister programs, which includes admissions from top Health and Human Services officials that the program lacks basic safeguards against fraud and abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for weapons charges in connection with a year-long investigation by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force that led to the confiscation of 45 guns from the streets of Newark, East Orange and Irvington, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced today the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Robert Stricker, age 39, of Lower Brule, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 17, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Abusive Sexual Contact With a Minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: I thank the Chairman for holding today’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle announced today a collaborative agreement for the Bureau of Reclamation to work with the Colorado River Basin Tribes Partnership (Ten Tribes Partnership) in a tribally-focused effort to address projected water supply and demand imbalances in the Colorado River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Nathan First In Trouble, age 34, of White River, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 16, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
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By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended President Obama for signing five energy and lands measures into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man was indicted by a federal grand jury for kicking a man in the head during an argument and for striking an Oglala Sioux Tribe police officer in the face.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: “President Obama routinely talks about wanting to create American jobs but his Administration continues to stand in the way of job creation with excessive red-tape and regulation, especially when it comes to mining strategic and critical minerals in America. Right now, it can take up to 10 years for...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered the owner of a home health agency that operated in the Westlake District of Los Angeles to pay nearly $15 million - or approximately three times the losses suffered by Medicare as a result of the company’s illegal practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Sept. 18, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, TERRY LYNN BRAINE, a 47-year-old resident of Ashland, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Dennis Charles Toenjes, Sr., 66, has been charged and pled guilty to receiving gratuities in connection with his former role as a contracting official with the United States Air Force. Earlier today, Toenjes pled guilty to the charge in the United States District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Mercer County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and robbery laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Theodore Larvie, age 23, of White River, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 16, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument will offer its final cave tours of the summer and close its American Fork Canyon visitor center on Sunday, September 22. The Swinging Bridge Picnic Area will remain open. The cave trail will be closed to hikers at the Quarter Way gate, approximately 1/3 mile above the trailhead, as park staff continue repairs to damage caused by rock fall in recent storms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces returned a guilty verdict this morning against Alejandro Lopez, 40, of Anthony, N.M., on a cocaine trafficking charge after a three-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Lt. Bobby Holden of the Las Cruces/Doña Ana County Metro Narcotics Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that John Waller, 41, of New Rochelle, N.Y., was found guilty Tuesday by a federal jury of attacking a fellow inmate with a makeshift...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Tiffany McIntyre (34, Ocala) to three years in federal prison for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the court ordered restitution and entered a money judgment in the amount of $128,051.76, the proceeds of the health care fraud. McIntyre pleaded guilty on June 3, 2013.
