News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 27, 2017, Jeffery Brian Wills, a.k.a. “Fro", 27, of Greeneville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 240 months in federal prison following a conviction for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in east Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On April 27, 2017, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced John Wilkerson, age 51, of Moultrie, Georgia to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy and for paying illegal gratuities to a government official, in connection...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing to examine the accreditation system and identify ways to improve accountability in higher education. This hearing is the latest step in the committee’s continued effort to help strengthen higher education for today’s and future generations of students.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Honor Farm will host a wild horse and burro adoption, Wyoming’s first of the year, on May 20 in Riverton.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa Special Agent Ellen Pierson has a passion for cycling. Fortunately for her, living in Florida provides the perfect conditions to ride year around.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announced the 13th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 29th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal. (DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps.)
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant ordered held without bond pending resolution of his case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dameon Lattimore, age 40, of New York, was sentenced to 29 years’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine that led to the death of a York City man.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, N.M. - Due to snow accumulation, the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Adoption event scheduled for Saturday, April 29, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, has been cancelled. The event was scheduled from 8:00am-10:00am at the Santa Fe Trail Events Center (Zamora Indoor Arena).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Aquabeus Demond Moore, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, was convicted following a four-day jury trial in United States District Court in Charleston. The Honorable Richard M. Gergel presided over the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Roger Belanger, 59, of Corinna, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone and cocaine. Belanger was convicted following a jury trial on Aug. 19, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to attempts by the White House to blame the Obama Administration for granting fired National Security Advisor Michael Flynn a security clearance in 2016...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: What might happen if a drone hits a person on the ground? What’s the risk of serious injury?
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Christopher Dean Grisham, age 28, of Adams County, Colorado, was arrested last week by the Westminster Police Department and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force for bank robbery, the U.S. Attorney, FBI and Westminster Police Department announced. The defendant appeared in federal...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Buffalo National River is closing Tyler Bend and Buffalo Point campgrounds today in anticipation of the expected flood event this weekend. Maintenance crews are pulling electrical breaker boxes, vending machines, and other water-sensitive utilities now so that when the waters recede, getting the campgrounds operational again will be quicker and less costly.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Quest Diagnostics Inc. has agreed to pay $6 million to resolve a lawsuit by the United States alleging that Berkeley HeartLab Inc., of Alameda, California, violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to physicians and patients to induce the use of Berkeley for blood testing services...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joshua Aaron Shores, age 44, of Bel Air, Maryland and also of Ocean City, Maryland, was sentenced on April 27, 2017, by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to 60 months’ imprisonment for a $2.5 million dollar fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Robert Shilts, 30, New Auburn, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 36 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This prison term will be followed by 15 years of supervised release. Shilts pleaded guilty to this charge on February 9, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Walter Shaub to review potential conflicts of interest arising from White House advisor Ivanka Trump’s interactions with the Chinese government, including the recent approval...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Paul A. Groves, 36, of Canfield, Ohio, with conspiring with others to illegally buy and resell military-grade semi-automatic firearms in a superseding indictment returned here yesterday.
