News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Three individuals were sentenced on Tuesday, April 23, by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves in connection with an extensive narcotics investigation, dubbed “Operation Brusha", which targeted illegal narcotics distribution in Scott County, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Amedisys, Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Joyce White...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: The 2014 annual road lottery in Denali National Park and Preserve will take place on Sept. 12, 13, 14, and 15 (Friday through Monday), weather permitting. Each day 400 vehicles may use their day-long permits, obtained through the lottery system, to travel the Denali Park Road. If weather permits, the road may be open for its entire 92-mile length, offering exceptional opportunities for experiencing the heart of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on April 23, 2014, Erik E. Cryderman, 47, Bismarck, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. Cryderman pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Former Houston Police (HPD) officer Marcos E. Carrion, 36, has surrendered to authorities, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Michael Hughes, age 32, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana, a controlled substance, with intent to distribute yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Edwin M.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014-U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have conducted research showing the potential response of rangeland plants in arid regions of the United States to the conditions that will occur with climate change, according to a paper published today in Nature.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on April 17, 2014, MATTHEW RYAN PETTIT, 30, of Bozeman, was sentenced to a term of 120 months' imprisonment and 20 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, in connection with his January 2014 guilty plea to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Kenneth Dempsey (52, Port Richey) has been charged in a criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography. If convicted, Dempsey faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years, up to a maximum of 20 years in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Project Ceasefire. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing two firearms. Gregory E. Mitchell, 41, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patricia Benally, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Mitten Rock, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to an indictment charging her with involuntary manslaughter under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Kyiv, Ukraine - Today, following three days of meetings and travel within Ukraine, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued the following statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Springdale, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft from an employee benefit plan, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Defendant Caught with Hydrocodone, Cash and Stolen Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Javan Labrese Peele, age 22, of Rock Hill, South Carolina pled guilty as charged today in federal court. Peele plead guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office and other DEA offices throughout Tennessee, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold an eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Koyode Lawrence aka “papa," who recruited college students in Nigeria to transport heroin into the U.S., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: April 24: Live Webinar on Climate Change Impacts and Indian Country: Natural Resources and Agriculture Webinar.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
