News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Matthew Gust, 26, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for setting fire to a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers of the District of North Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Willie Harris, 46, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of ammunition and a firearm, was sentenced to 115 months in prison and six years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 32-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for aggravated bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dominic Renard Lindsey pleaded guilty March 23, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., yesterday wrote an opinion editorial in which he detailed his concerns regarding the Canadian timber market, fearing that lower prices set by the Canadian government on timber imports are undercutting U.S. markets, threatening thousands of timber jobs in Oregon and several other states across the country...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: CEDARBURG, Wis. - As he hand-polished a 40-inch long metal cylinder, a 36-year-old lathe operator became entangled in the machine's operating spindle and suffered injuries that led to his death two days later.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was caught with heroin was sentenced today to six years and eight months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. James Lennon Pace, 27, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland dentist was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay nearly $344,000 in restitution for fraudulently billing Medicaid for more work that not authorized or never done, said Carole S. Rendon, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Sept. 2, 2016, District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced Miguel Esperanza-Vasquez, 60, to 24 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for wire fraud, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Chief Judge Lewis ordered Esperanza-Vasquez to pay restitution in the amount of $27,120 and a $100 special assessment fee.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - Mustangs trained by inmates at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center will be offered for adoption Saturday, Sept. 10, at the correctional center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Kennan Dozier, 58, of Brentwood, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Sept. 2, 2016, to criminal contempt of court, for violating a Temporary Restraining Order issued by the U.S. District Court, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Willie Harris, 46, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of ammunition and a firearm, was sentenced to 115 months in prison and six years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Raja Chellappa, of St. Louis County, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with his solicitation and acceptance of a fictitious “buyer’s premium" as part of a 2015 commercial real estate transaction.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Bipartisan leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The letter stressed the importance of a successful implementation of MACRA so doctors and other health care providers can deliver the quality care their patients deserve.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Keystone Foods. Inspection site(s): 57 Melvin Clark Road, Bakerhill, Alabama 36027. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Keystone Foods on Sept. 6, 2016, for 12 serious safety violations. Investigation findings: ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The letter stressed the importance of a successful implementation of MACRA so doctors and other health care providers can deliver the quality care their patients deserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Fredy Otoniel Lopez Martinez, 30, of Guatemala, who was convicted of illegal reentry into the United States, was sentenced to time-served by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: In El Paso today, a federal judge sentenced an Ecuadorian couple to federal prison for their roles in an undocumented alien smuggling conspiracy announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Bipartisan leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The letter stressed the importance of a successful implementation of MACRA so doctors and other health care providers can deliver the quality care their patients deserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Man Who Set Fire to Somali Restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison.
