News from July 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today expressed alarm following the release of a report by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) detailing the marked increase in illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid used in counterfeit painkillers, encountered by law enforcement around the country. The report comes following a letter to Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg from Wyden requesting information on fentanyl in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Artaigaous Norwood, Joquize Norwood, and Detravius Brown, have been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, and use of a fire Three Defendants Indicted for Armed Robbery of Dunbar Armored, Inc., Courier arm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Artaigaous Norwood was also charged with possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Nebraska man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on May 9, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley III, along with Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Trevor A. Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and State Attorney R.J. Larizza, announces the arrest of 20 individuals (link...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, together with the University of Pittsburgh Physicians, UPMC Community Medicine, Inc., and Tri-State Neurosurgical Associates-UPMC, Inc. (“UPMC") have agreed to pay the United States $2,520,429 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Jacqueline Davis, 50, of Cleveland, with theft of government funds, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Eagan man claimed over $200,000 in false tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough has rendered verdicts of guilty on all counts against a Chicago man for fraudulent overbilling of an estimated $4.7 million to Illinois’ Medicaid program for non-emergency medical transport. Sentencing for Gregory D. Toran, 67, of Hazel Crest, Ill., is scheduled on Nov. 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of eight new research and development projects to receive a total of $11.5 million in federal funding under DOE’s Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development, and Demonstration Crosscut initiative. The new projects are focused on advancing geothermal energy and carbon storage technologies and will be funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) and the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Carbon Storage program.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Inspection site: 19740 Highway 90, Live Oak, Florida 32060. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 25 for 14 serious and eight other-than-serious safety and health violations.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of eight new research and development projects to receive a total of $11.5 million in federal funding under DOE’s Subsurface Technology and Engineering Research, Development, and Demonstration Crosscut initiative. The new...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Antonio Perkins, 26, of East Chicago, Indiana was sentenced in Hammond Federal Court before Judge Rudy Lozano for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland woman was indicted for her role in bank robberies in Highland Heights, Bedford and Euclid, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony and Sonia Alika of Austell, Georgia, have been sentenced to prison for their role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a New York man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Scranton by United States District Judge James M. Munley, to serve 157 months (13 years) in prison on the charges of conspiracy, armed bank robbery, and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley III, along with Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Trevor A. Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and State Attorney R.J. Larizza, announces the arrest of 20 individuals as part ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Release Date: July 28, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll. Phone: 671-333-4050. August Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. August 6, Saturday: 2 pm at Apaca Point - "From the Marines' Perspective: An In-Water Hike at Apaca Point in Agat". Join park rangers for this one-of-a-kind in-water...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Grand Teton National Park will host special interpretive and informative programs this weekend at Colter Bay. On Friday July 29, Professor Robert VanGundy from the University of Virginia's College at Wise will present about climate change at 9 p.m. at the Colter Bay Amphitheater. Park rangers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Shots Fired in Broad Daylight in Apartment Parking Lot.
