News from December 2017
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
Release: Dear Stakeholders:After a distinguished Federal career spanning three decades, Dr. Jere Dick, APHIS’ Associate Administrator is retiring at the end of this month. During his time with APHIS, he’s led the way in helping America’s ranchers and farmers overcome threats posed by diseases ranging from avian ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 30-year-old citizen and national of Mexico has been ordered to federal prison for Marijuana trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Ismael Padron-Garcia pleaded guilty Aug. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Owner of Michigan Home Health Agency Convicted in $1.6 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on what it is doing to protect whistleblowers after recent reports of increased whistleblower retaliation at the agency.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Throughout the month of December, join friends and family on the Ellipse in President’s Park to enjoy musical entertainment and visit the 56 state and territory trees along the Pathway of Peace. All holiday activities are free and open to the public. The park will host daily performances Dec. 6 through Dec. 21, and the National Christmas Tree will remain lit daily from dusk to midnight Dec. 1 through Jan. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A LaSalle County physician admitted in federal court today that he illegally dispensed prescription medications, including opioids, to patients in exchange for cash or sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN -Spencer Troy Ward, age 56, formerly of Bruce Crossing, Michigan, was sentenced to 151 months (12 years, 7 months) in prison for his involvement in a marijuana production and distribution conspiracy that Ward led in Ontonagon, Iron and Marquette Counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of JOHN BURWOOD ROBINSON, 50, to 33 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from his employer. ROBINSON, who was charged on July 26, 2017 with one count of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 46-year-old Edinburg man has learned his fate following his involvement in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Hugo Morales pleaded guilty Aug. 3, 2017, admitting he conspired with others to distribute 33 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Nine more individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, including seven from Middle Tennessee and two from California, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD J. McCARTHY, 67, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Oradell, New Jersey, man and a Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, woman, were charged today for their alleged roles in a Bergen County bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dennis Couvertier, age 45, of Luzerne Borough, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2017, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve five years in prison for possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Oradell, New Jersey, man and a Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, woman, were charged today for their alleged roles in a Bergen County bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: PRINCETON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Benco Builders of the Virginias Inc. for multiple safety hazards, including lack of fall protection, after an employee suffered serious injuries from a 19-foot fall off a roof. The Princeton-based contractor faces proposed penalties totaling $86,916.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demario James, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to time served (over 40 months) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanio, 53, of Georgia, who was convicted of misprision of a felony, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay restitution totaling $147,004 by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Pled Guilty to String of Burglaries.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-A dynamic group of local organizations, District and state agencies and the National Park Service have joined forces to launch the Year of the Anacostia!.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Bernandino Gawala Bolatete (69, Jacksonville) with knowingly receiving and possessing a silencer not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
