News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, pleaded guilty today to bribery, possession and attempted possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and making and subscribing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding the source of funding for the Basic Health Program, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The committees...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Saint Michael’s Medical Center Inc., located in Newark, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve allegations that it falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cardiac procedures, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years in prison on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, possession of firearms in connection with a drug trafficking offense, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and possession of an unregistered firearm, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ryan Hayworth, 21, of Mullens, West Virginia, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today in federal court in Clarksburg, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Houston, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for hiring someone to murder her sister.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Eduardo Bueno, 42, of Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 480 months in prison for distribution of child pornography. Bueno was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Brian Boles and Robert Jolliffe Both Admit to Federal Drug Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of health care fraud and obtaining prescription drugs through fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding the source of funding for the Basic Health Program, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The committees...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Request for New Trial on Fourteen Charges follows Hung Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Jamaican woman living in Fall River was arrested today for using her sister’s identity to enter the United States and collect over $100,000 in Social Security benefits.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: EDISON, N.J. - A New York-area employer has learned that refusing to comply with federal workplace safety standards and then failing to accept responsibility for the violations can cost significantly more -in penalties- once the U.S. Department of Labor litigates the matter.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. To further protect workers who report violations of law, safety and health, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a pilot for its first severe violator enforcement program for employers that continually and willfully disregard the rights of whistleblowers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eric Ewell, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pled guilty and was sentenced to 144 months in prison for conspiring to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: W.S. Steel Erection LLC
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2016
News Release: Top Ten Fugitive Philip Patrick Policarpio Apprehended.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2016
News Release: At approximately 2:30 PM on Sunday, May 29, 2016, two individuals illegally entered the Crater Lake caldera near North Junction. At 7:30 PM, they were reported missing and the effort to locate them began. The park contacted Airlink in Bend, Oregon, who flew to the park and were able to locate the hikers...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2016
News Release: TALKEETNA, AK: A mountaineer from the Czech Republic died in a fall Saturday evening, May 29 while skiing the Messner Couloir on Denali. NPS rangers estimate that 45-year-old Pavel Michut, from the village of Hutisko Solanec, fell roughly 1,500 feet from an elevation of 17,000 feet on the route.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2016
News Release: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will open at 11 am today, Saturday, May 28. Due to melting snow on the road during the day and freezing temperatures at night, visitors should plan for night closures occurring at 8:00 p.m. until conditions change. Road crews and rangers will reassess conditions each morning and reopen the road when and if conditions allow.
