News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Supplemental Security Income Benefits Fraud and False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Andre Townsend, 20, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to an eight-year prison term for his role in an armed home invasion that took place last fall in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Abdul Ewumi, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 12-year prison term for attacking a co-worker with a sledgehammer last year at an auto body shop in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Aug. 29, 2014 14-068. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Cause of Death Determined on Yellowstone Concession Employee...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Dulton Earl Johnson, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 10, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 27, 2014, Brandy Joe Charles, 40, of Franklin, N.C., and Anthony Robert Clifton, 23, of Houston Texas, were each sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for their roles in the robbery of Tennessee State Bank in Newport, Tenn. Charles was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison and Clifton was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a criminal Information has been filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging the Chief of the Wilkes-Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department, John Yuknavich, age 51, of Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania, with stealing in excess of $5,000 from the fire department and Wilkes-Barre Township in the course of his duties as Chief of that fire department between 2008 and 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that James Moorcroft, 49, of Brookfield, Vermont, pleaded not guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington to charges that he possessed a number of vehicles and tractors which had crossed state lines after being stolen. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Moorcroft on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeff Smith, 40, of Washington, D.C., a former candidate for the Council of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 60 days in jail, in addition to a year of probation and a $10,000 fine, for filing a false and misleading report with the District of Columbia’s Office of Campaign Finance that concealed campaign contributions in excess of those permitted under D.C. campaign finance laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Gregory Allen Mays, 53, of Massillon, Ohio, was charged with producing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - Glen Galemmo, 49, who owned Queen City Investments and other investment companies in the Cincinnati area, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 188 months in prison for soliciting millions of dollars from his company’s investors between 2005 and July 2013 and spending the money rather than investing it.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: Federal funds will promote conservation practices in critical areas over the next five years BURLINGTON, VERMONT, Aug. 28, 2014-– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that up to $45 million will be provided to protect and improve soil and water quality in the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont over the next five years.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: USDA Launches New Web Tool to Help Producers Manage Unforeseen Economic Challenges WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that starting Sept. 2, 2014, farmers can enroll in the new dairy Margin Protection Program. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The former Secretary-Treasurer of Security Police Fire Professionals of America Local 287 pleaded guilty today to theft from a labor organization in violation of his fiduciary responsibilities as a union officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The United States has partially intervened against defendants in two whistleblower lawsuits in the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado alleging Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care (Evercare) submitted false claims for the Medicare hospice benefit. Evercare is now known as Optum Palliative and Hospice Care, which provides hospice services across the United States. One of the suits names Evercare’s parent companies, including UnitedHealth Group Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Ahmad made his initial appearance today in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, on federal terrorism offenses, announced John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John S. Leonardo, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona and Douglas G. Price, Special Agent in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: Today, the Justice Department asked a federal court to dismiss the injunction to address civil rights violations at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., because the District of Columbia and the Department of Behavioral Health have significantly improved the care and treatment of persons confined ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: A Detroit -area man was indicted today for obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged attempts to conceal evidence relevant to his upcoming trial for an alleged health care fraud scheme with estimated losses exceeding $30 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The owner of a Florida mortgage company, seven employees of the company and two real estate developers were indicted in the Southern District of Florida in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud scheme.
