News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Chavez Tyrone Smith, age 36, of Washington, D.C., today to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to rob two businesses and for using a firearm during a crime of violence.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is implementing the National Organic Standards Board’s sunset review recommendations for five substances on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) for use in organic production and handling.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Kenneth J. Smith, 36, of North Canton, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Harry Crawford, age 55, Elma Myles, age 51, and Matthew Hightower, age 33, all of Baltimore, Maryland, on charges related to a scheme to defraud Medicaid and other health care benefit programs out of at least $900,000. The indictment was returned...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Fraudulently Billed Insurance Companies $5 million for Services Never Performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of a former medical office manager on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, now faces the additional charges of conspiracy, money laundering and an additional count of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Deceased Father Had Worked for Federal Government.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 25, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Public Health Legislation: H.R. 2820, H.R. 1344, and H.R. 1462." Subcommittee members will discuss three bipartisan bills to improve health care for newborns, infants, and children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Shimon R. Richmond, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Multiple individuals were arrested today in connection with a multi-state heroin trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, and Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Rhonda Wade announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: When responding to the more than 1.2 million blazes reported annually, the nation's firefighters usually start with a dangerous disadvantage: They often lack critical information-even something as basic as a floor plan-that could be vitally important in mounting the most effective and safest attack.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s vote that failed to include a funding cap as part of its expansion of the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline program.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS) and Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Salem, N.H. man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston to 141 months after pleading guilty to committing six armed bank robberies in the Merrimack Valley area in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Case Is Result of Ongoing Investigation and Prosecution Brought by United States Attorney Wigginton in His “Hobbs Act" Anti-Armed Robbery Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Past and prevailing weather conditions have caused extremely dry conditions in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Park officials have determined that it is necessary to prohibit the use of all open fires and activities which unduly increase the fire danger.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Vehicle to Vehicle Communications and Connected Roadways of the Future."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, on June 17, 2015, Malik First Born Allah Farrad, a.k.a. Marvin Maurice Buckles, 41, of Johnson City, Tenn., was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sentencing is set for 10:00 a.m., Oct. 29, 2015.
