News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: The United States announces that it has settled allegations under the False Claims Act with Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and the Einstein Practice Plan for improperly billing Medicare for services submitted on behalf of a cardiologist. The Einstein defendants voluntarily disclosed the allegations and have agreed to pay $968,418.60 to resolve the matter. The cardiologist no longer works for the Einstein defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: OCT 28 - CONCORD, NH - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New England Field Division and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Franklyn Morillo, 41, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine. Morillo appeared before United States District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe today to enter his guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, of the Middle District of Georgia announces that on Oct. 28, 2016, Miller County Sheriff Shane Rathel, aged 42, was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at the Albany FBI office on charges of selling two stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The final tally is in from the 12th National Prescription Take-Back Day which took place Saturday, Oct. 22, and DEA and its partners took back nearly 8,000 pounds of prescription drugs at 39 locations in San Diego County and four in Imperial County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis yesterday sentenced Kevin Allen Rose (30, Macclenny) to seven years in federal prison for selling marijuana and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty to all charges on July 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: This morning, in Federal Court in East St. Louis, IL, Aston Lloyd Davis, 32, of Orlando, FL, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the National Solutions timeshare re-sale fraud scheme, announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Davis had pled guilty on June 15, 2016, to a charge of conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: OCT 28 - BOSTON - Three Bristol County-based drug dealers pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with operating a drug trafficking ring in southeastern Massachusetts.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) today sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) requesting a subcommittee hearing to evaluate the current state of the video marketplace in light of the proposed $85 billion sale of Time Warner to AT&T.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Harrisburg Police Officer was charged by way of a criminal complaint with theft of money that belonged to a federal agency and removing property to prevent its seizure.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway will host an art exhibit by students from the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma, and present the Chickasaw Nation’s film, First Encounter, throughout the month of November to commemorate American Indian Heritage Month. The exhibit and film will be available for the public to see from 8 am to 5 pm in the auditorium at the Parkway Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: OCT 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Samantha Renehan, 29, of Lebanon, New Hampshire and Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Jeffrey Schroeder, 50, of Arlington, a former teacher’s assistant at Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty today to charges of receiving and downloading child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Information on Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Fruita, CO - To honor veterans who have served our country, Colorado National Monument will offer free entrance to all visitors on Nov. 11, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New Jersey Division, announced that last weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of 12,457 pounds, or 6.2 tons, of expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs throughout New Jersey. Nationally, 731,269 pounds-almost 366 tons of prescription medications were collected. This was the 12th National Take Back Day sponsored by the DEA.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Mineral, CA - Two new interactive children’s exhibits encourage Lassen Volcanic National Park’s youngest visitors to explore natural history and sustainability. “Providing hands-on activities is a great way to engage our next generation of park stewards," stated Park Superintendent Steve Gibbons. “The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that all defendants in the United States v. Weichman case entered guilty pleas today before Chief Judge Philip Simon.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following joint statement in response the Department of Education’s final rules regarding defense to repayment for student loan borrowers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin Ray Williamson, has been arraigned on federal armed bank robbery charges relating to a series of bank robberies that began on February 4, 2016, and continued until September 8, 2016. Williamson was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 25, 2016.
