News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: BOSTON - In one of the largest settlements to date involving federal allegations of prescription drug diversion in Massachusetts, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that 50 of its stores violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling forged prescriptions for...


OSHA National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health schedules fifth meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold a meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee on July 12-14, 2016, in Washington, D.C.


Stafford Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Arrange Sex with a Minor

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Justin Frank Clark, 28, formerly of Stafford, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to coerce and entice a minor.


Clermont County Man Sentenced to 85 Years for Producing, Receiving, Possessing Child Pornography, Obscene Images of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: CINCINNATI -David Guy, 61, of New Richmond, Ohio was sentenced to 1,020 months in prison for producing, receiving and possessing child pornography and obscene images of child sexual abuse. He was also sentenced to 20 years of supervised release.


OSHA fines Johns Manville after employee suffers hand amputation

News Release: Employer name: Johns Manville. Inspection site: 200 West Industrial Blvd., Cleburne, Texas 76033. Citations issued: June 29, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began an inspection Feb. 11, 2016, after reports that a machine severed...


Hatch Releases White Paper Discussing Suggestions to Improve Stark Law

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released a white paper examining potential reforms to the law governing Medicare physicians’ referrals aimed at removing barriers that prevent hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers from moving to alternative, more...


News Release: On June 29, 2016, Christopher R. Pelate, 34, of Pinckneyville, was sentenced for a methamphetamine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Bergen, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for his role in a series of at least 27 burglaries and attempted burglaries across six states, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GEORGE SANCHEZ, also known as “Little G," 22, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.


Redmond Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Federal Benefits

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A former employee of the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office and the Oregon Department of Justice appeared in federal court this week and admitted to stealing more than $55,000 from the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Health...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today responded to the U.S. State Department’s 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, expressing his disappointment that Malaysia remained on the Report’s Tier 2 Watch List instead of being downgraded to Tier 3 - the lowest ranking for countries regarding their efforts to combat human trafficking.


Corker: Global Corruption Can Present National Security Risks to U.S.

News Release: WASHINGTON - During a hearing today on U.S. efforts to fight global corruption, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned of the threat corrupt governments pose to U.S. national security interests. The annual cost of corruption, according to estimates cited by the World Economic Forum, amounts to approximately five percent of global economic output or roughly $2.6 trillion.


News Release: Defendant Fired Seven Shots at Victim.


News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior released its final regulation for valuation and revenue collection from oil, gas and coal produced on federal lands.


Former Border Station Employee Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Amy L. Planch, 50, of Moyock, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to evasion of income tax assessment.


GAO Criticizes Labor Department Over Failed FOIA Process

News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday the Government Accountability Office issued a report, requested by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on the...


Florida Resident Charged in Superseding Indictment with Attempting to Damage Religious Property

News Release: Florida Resident Charged in Superseding Indictment with Attempting to Damage Religious Property.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Gregory M. Cox, 51, of Vallejo, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a short-barrel shotgun, and unlawful possession of a short-barrel rifle, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Anchorage Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Billy Ray Lang, Jr. 29, of Anchorage, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 46 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, followed by five years of supervised release.