News from April 2016
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: More than 100 Inspections, Millions in Federal Funds Directed to Safety Priorities
By DOT News Wire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.6 percent in February 2016, up from both the 72.8 percent on-time rate in February 2015 and the 81.3 percent mark in January 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: A former health care clinic consultant and Medicare biller was sentenced to 135 months in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for her role in laundering money in connection with a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct Miami health provider.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act (H.R. 4403). The legislation, introduced by Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), works to improve the vetting of travelers against terrorist watch lists and law enforcement databases, enhances border management, and improves targeting and analysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 52-year-old Mexican national who resided in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Emma Areli Martinez-Morgado on Aug. 11, 2015, on all four counts as charged following one day of testimony and less than two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A South Charleston woman was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for a methamphetamine crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jonda Grandoni, 52, previously pleaded guilty in January 2016 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, also known as “Woozer," 31, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi, who handled the case, stated that Luis Medina, as a member of the 7th Street Gang, sold heroin and possessed firearms. In addition, on April 16, 2006, Medina shot a rival 10th Street Gang member with a.22 caliber firearm. Furthermore, on June 13, 2009, while being...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the successful forfeiture of a Tyrannosaurus bataar skull (the “Bataar Skull") unlawfully taken from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The Bataar Skull, a fossil from the Cretaceous period, which ended approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Florida Pain Medicine Associates, Inc. and its owners, Drs. Bart Gatz, Alexis Renta, and Albert Rodriguez have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary nerve conduction studies (NCS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Counihan, who is handling the case, stated that in April 2015, the defendant, while in custody at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY, attacked and assaulted a detention officer. Ellis was awaiting removal from the United States to Jamaica. The defendant lost his permanent resident status because of New York State narcotics trafficking, robbery, and theft convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: PSA Launched in Advance of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - Since February, 4-H members from the Treasure and Magic Valleys (Purple Sage Riders, Gem County; Desperados, Ada County; Lonestar Riders, Boise County; Bridle Bratts, Twin Falls County) have been gentling wild horse weanlings (age 8 - 11 mos). These weanlings were gathered from the Owyhees...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Reward offered for information about cactus vandals at Saguaro National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Edwin William Rosa, 45, of Peabody, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence, R.I., today to possession of stolen firearms. Rosa admitted to the court that on several occasions he purchased firearms from registered dealers in Massachusetts using bogus bank checks and then sold the stolen guns to firearms dealers in Rhode Island.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Contact: Seth HendriksPhone: 507-825-5464email: seth.hendriks@nps.gov. PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT - PLANS PRESCRIBED BURN. (Pipestone, MN) Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today that Pipestone National Monument has scheduled a prescribed burn during the period of April 27 -May 20, 2016. When...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Alfred Patterson, age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbing a drug dealer and using a gun during the robbery. A federal jury convicted Patterson on February 5, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Advances Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process to Keep American Companies Competitive.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and retired Gen. John F. Kelly, former commander for the U.S. Southern Command, discussed the fact that America’s borders are not secure and that this contributes to America’s insatiable demand for drugs during a hearing Wednesday. Cheryl Healton, the former...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday to discuss America’s drug demand and its effect on border and national security. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
