News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Six individuals were sentenced in federal court today on drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Larry Garrow, Jr., 27, of Richford, Vermont was sentenced on Friday to 30 months of imprisonment on a charge of possession stolen firearms. Chief Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Garrow pay $8,000 in restitution to the Rite Way Sports Shop, and serve a three-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found a troubling number of seniors with dementia enrolled in Medicare Part D received potentially improper anti-psychotic medications...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - William John Shoemaker has been convicted of one count of willfully failing to truthfully account for and to pay federal tax withholdings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the release of the independent Center for Health and Economy analysis of the Patient Choice, Affordability,...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Andrew Cupidore, 21, of New York, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 2 years in prison for passing counterfeit U.S currency. Cupidore pleaded guilty on Aug. 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man and woman have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County, Mo., and to promote prostitution in Boone County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced, ANTONIO BRADLEY, 33, of Wilmington, to 262 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Stanley P. Phillips, 48, of Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom to nine years imprisonment after his conviction on eight counts of wire fraud in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Phillips was convicted on Dec. 11, 2014, after an eleven day jury trial. The jury found that Phillips...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Florissant, CO: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will offer two special night-time events: a Moonlight Hike on Thursday, March 5;and a Night Sky Program on Saturday, March 14. Join us for both, and compare the light of the full moon to the star-filled darkness of a moon-less night!.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Jerry M. Stauffer, 66, of Traverse City, Michigan has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that STEVEN GAETA, age 41, of Kenner, was arrested by federal law enforcement authorities today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W. Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Sandra Ball, 58, of Hurricane, West Virginia pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud. Ball was an auditor for Mountaineer 4X4, a small business in Hurricane, West Virginia that provides service and accessories for...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A New York operator of skilled nursing facilities entered into an agreement with the United States to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims for rehabilitation therapy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Excelsior Springs, Mo., man who called law enforcement officers to his home for assistance - where he was helping to manufacture methamphetamine - was convicted by a federal trial jury today on charges related to his role in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the release of the independent Center for Health and Economy analysis of the Patient Choice, Affordability, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Quinhun Rollins, 42, of Houston, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of bank fraud. She pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the release of the independent Center for Health and Economy analysis of the Patient Choice, Affordability, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health March 31-April 1, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The meeting will consider a draft proposal to revise OSHA's crane operator qualification requirement in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on Senator Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she will not run for re-election in 2016.
