News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Maryland-based splint supplier Dynasplint Systems Inc., and its founder and president, George Hepburn, have agreed to pay approximately $10.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare for splints provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Extorted victims into sharing sexually explicit images through social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced the selection of the District of Maine as one of only six federal Districts designated to participate in the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) Initiative, an interagency federal law enforcement initiative aimed at streamlining the investigation and prosecution of federal human trafficking offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Everglades National Park invites the public to enjoy a photography exhibit by Constance Mier at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery during the month of January. An Artist’s Reception is being held on Sunday, January 10 (between 2 to 4 p.m.).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following today’s Senate action on bipartisan legislation to provide permanent and responsible tax relief for hard-working American families and job-creators, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Defendant Placed Over 300 Calls to 911 Over a Six-Month Period.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on today’s constitutional referendum in Rwanda that would allow President Kagame to remain in office through 2034...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kinmonte Markell Brown, 28, and Dennis Wells, 24, of Greenville, North Carolina, were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today for trafficking more than a dozen firearms from North Carolina into Providence between November 2014 and January 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Jason Carpenski, age 28, of Brooklyn, Maryland, today to 188 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for production of child pornography. Chief Judge Blake ordered that upon his release from prison, Carpenski...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: San Diego, CA - Starting on January 5, 2016, Cabrillo National Monument (NM) will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Jefferson County has been selected as one of seven pilot sites nationwide to receive funding through the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to improve how the justice system in general, and prosecution in particular, handles sexual assault cases, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls, Sheriff Mike Hale and Crisis Center Executive Director Meg McGlamery.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Superintendent Cheryl Schreier invites you to celebrate New Year's Day at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Enjoy the Tournament of Roses Parade on a big screen at the Carvers Café Jan. 1, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. hosted by Xanterra.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: The couple admitted to being felons in possession of a loaded semi-automatic rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Catahoula Parish man was sentenced to 117 months in prison for possessing unregistered explosives and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Defendant Tried to Abduct Both Women and Drag Them to Secluded Spots.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Keith E. Bass, 20, of Cleveland, for the robberies of three separate banks in Northeast Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS -Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has announced that President and Mrs. Johnson's "Texas White House" on the LBJ Ranch will be closed for public tours for two weeks due to a major project that will upgrade the home's electrical system. Beginning on Monday, January 18 and ending...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Gregory Hatt, 28, of Virginia Beach, was charged today through a superseding indictment with conspiracy to distribute heroin, distribution of heroin resulting in death, distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park officials encourage public comment on a proposal to construct park housing at East Glacier and Swiftcurrent developed areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kenneth Apple, 65, of Beaverton, Oregon, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges related to his role in awarding $2 million in micro-dairy contracts from the U.S. government for use in Iraq.
