News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Denver Field Division Offices take back more prescription drugs than any previous event in the region
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Driver pleads guilty to murder after a car crash in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The United States has reached a settlement agreement with the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, on behalf of its operating divisions, including the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), for the alleged submission of false home health care billings to the Medicare program.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: The Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), will hold a hearing next week to explore the rising costs of federal responses to disasters and potential solutions for lowering such costs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The United States has reached a settlement agreement with Hesco Bastion Limited (Hesco), based in Leeds, England, in which the company has agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations of false claims and overcharges, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The allegations stem from the international transportation of blast walls that Hesco manufactured and sold to the U.S. government. Hesco is a privately held company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Americans turned in more unused prescription drugs at the most recent DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day than on any of the previous 10 events since it began in 2010, demonstrating their understanding of the value of this service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today that Arthur C. Hawkes, 45, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on May 6, 2016 to a term of 36 months in federal prison for Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: FBI Arrests Michael Emry on Weapons Charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - A project to improve and repair Escape Road from Highway 11 to Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube) in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will begin Monday, May 9. The road will be closed Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the end of June or until the project is complete.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former Las Vegas resident pleaded not guilty today to felony tax evasion crimes that occurred over a 10-year-period, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 6, 2016, Corey Bruce Patrick, 35, of Camden, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 15 years in federal prison for second degree murder for a car wreck that resulted in the death of Heather Nicole Hendrix.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office participation in various events for Law Week.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released new mobile device compatible maps that highlight world class outdoor recreation opportunities on Utah’s public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Philadelphia woman who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Washington -Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opened the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market for its 21st season and announced a new partnership with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to promote gardens, farmers markets, and community supported agriculture programs (CSAs) at Federal workplaces.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 6,688 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount is the highest total collected statewide of the 10 previous Take-Back events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CADARIUS RHASHA CALDWELL, 25, of Henderson to 68 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Gene Mondalto, 37, of Kingston, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire after pleading guilty to one count of possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has released a prospectus for the award of up to 18 new concession contracts to operate Guided Interpretive Whitewater River Tours within Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Cody Nigel Seitz, 28, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 87 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Seitz to serve four years of supervised release and to forfeit $7,600 in drug proceeds. Seitz pleaded guilty on January 5, 2016.
