News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The government has intervened in three False Claims Act lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare alleging that ManorCare knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was charged for threatening to destroy the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building by fire or a bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Apr. 21, 2015, Corey Bruce Patrick, 34, of Hurricane Mills, Tenn., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, to second degree murder resulting from an automobile crash involving alcohol and high-speed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Patrick agreed to waive indictment and plead guilty to an information charging him with this offense.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: All park roads that were closed for the winter have reopened. Visitors and volunteers are encouraged to participate in the following late Spring activities and programs scheduled at Catoctin Mountain Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Andrew Parker, 40, a Jamaican national living in Cleveland, was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Frederick Ramon Robinson, 45, a Houston resident and convicted felon, has been arrested and is set to make his initial appearance on charges of unlawfully possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Today, the National Park Service (NPS) announced Buena High School Environmental Club as the winners of the prestigious NPS Hartzog Volunteer Youth Group Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - Russell Edward Johnson, 23, of Lusby, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distributing heroin to a person who died as a result of ingesting the heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Today, the Energy Department launched the $2 million Technologist in Residence (TIR) pilot to strengthen U.S. clean energy manufacturing competitiveness and enhance the commercial impact of its national laboratories. TIR will catalyze strong laboratory-industry relationships that will lead to high-impact...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Paul P. Gierten, 47, of Salem, Illinois, pled guilty to fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. On March 31, 2015, Gierten was charged with defrauding an octogenarian out of $39,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: A two-count criminal information was filed charging Toledo woman with participating a fraudulent home loan modification conspiracy, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and for aiding in the distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Joshua Matthews, age 32, of Charleston, plead guilty today in federal court to distribution of heroin. Matthews admitted that on Aug. 19, 2014, he sold heroin to a confidential informant working with the Charleston Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County man was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $5,855 in restitution, for his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The local owners of a business charged with selling “Spice" were arrested yesterday based upon federal warrants issued in the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice will honor a federal team with the Crime Victims Financial Restoration Award for identifying 60,000 financial fraud victims and more than $100 million in financial losses, during the National Crime Victims’ Rights Service Awards ceremony Tuesday, April 21, in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Right now, any administration - Republican or Democrat - can negotiate a trade agreement on their own terms without clear direction from Congress. That would change with TPA.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Twentynine Palms, CA, Joshua Tree National Park - Over the last year and half, professional conservators from the University of New Mexico helped Joshua Tree National Park develop a method of mitigating scratched graffiti at Barker Dam, a significant historic site that is located on a popular trail within...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to DEA Administrator Leonhart’s retirement, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney’s Office Celebrates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with Local Partners and Special Recognitions on April 30.
