News from October 2015
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), Spring Valley Produce Inc., operating in Arroyo Grande, Calif., posted a $75,000 surety bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Omar T. Butler, 30, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to charges relating to a 28 mile car chase in June 2015, in which he reached speeds of 180 mph on roads in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm and ammunition was sentenced Sept. 29, 2015, to nine years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that on Sept. 24, 2015, sentences were imposed in a case involving the distribution of substantial amounts of marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Marion, Alabama. The small rural community had been the focus of a three-year federal investigation into drug trafficking, gun violence and money laundering involving numerous state and federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that charges have been filed in U.S. District Court in Williamsport against Loren N. Smith and Jessy A. Nelson, who are currently confined at the U.S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jacob Corropolese, Sr., 65, of Norristown, PA, was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison for tax charges in connection with his sports bookmaking operation. On May 6, 2015, Corropolese pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns. Corropolese received more than $500,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Bowman, also known as “Jimmy Jam," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced his plan to step down in December...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Amanda Carey, age 28, of New Castle, Del., pleaded guilty today to embezzling over $150,000 from a PNC Bank location in Greenville, Del., announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. Carey, who will be sentenced on Feb. 3, 2016, by the...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 2, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today helped to kick off the nation's harvest season by announcing nearly $35 million in new funding through four grant programs to support local and regional food systems, including farmers markets. Secretary Vilsack has named strengthening...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LISA CRINEL, age 52; THREASA ADDERLEY, age 64; RHONDA MABERRY, age 48; SHEILA MATHIEU, age 46, all of New Orleans, and PCAH, INC. a/k/a PRIORITY CARE AT HOME, INC. d/b/a ABIDE HOME CARE SERVICES INC. pled guilty today to health care fraud-related charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposed rule today to update and replace its regulations governing the measurement of natural gas produced from onshore Federal and Indian leases. The requirements contained in the proposed rule reflect advances in measurement technology and critical updates...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Michael Dennis Powers, 47, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea June 2015 to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Alphonso Parker (36, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of multiple firearms. He pleaded guilty on May 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Guardian Hospice of Georgia, LLC, Guardian Home Care Holdings, Inc., and AccentCare, Inc., (collectively Guardian) agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that Guardian knowingly submitted false claims to the Medicare program for hospice patients who were not terminally ill. Guardian is a for-profit hospice that provides hospice services in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Awards honor outstanding contributions towards the National Park Service mission.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A free downloadable toolset geared towards helping conservation planners, landowners and researchers better manage runoff, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, while also supporting agricultural production is available. The new software toolset was developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week on issues related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, defendant Mariely Malavet-Rivera pled guilty before United States District Judge Francisco A. Besosa to twenty-four counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of public money, and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
