News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alonzo Gallegos, 33, of Pena Blanca, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a destruction of mail charge. After entering his guilty plea, Gallegos was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered to pay a $250 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Costco Wholesale will pay $11.75 million to settle allegations that its pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) when they improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances. The settlement resolves allegations that Costco pharmacies filled prescriptions that were...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Hyneith Harmon, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment[1] with 2 counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Nov. 3, 2015, Harmon, who has a prior felony conviction, possessed a Kimber.45 caliber pistol, and on Dec. 12, 2015, he possessed a Colt.38 revolver.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Detroit, MI - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement after the Architect of the Capitol removed Untitled #1, the winning entry from Missouri’s 1st congressional district in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition following criticism of the artwork by Speaker Ryan and several GOP Members of Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Albright, age 71, of Marlboro, New York, was arrested January 12 on charges of distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced three men to lengthy prison terms for sex trafficking five identified minors announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher P. Vigil, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a misdemeanor destruction of mail charge, and was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $200 fine. At the time he committed the crime, Vigil was employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against J.E.T. Holding Co. Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking. Santiago Salinas (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151 months followed by three...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted bank robber has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for firing a gun at a teller and customer during a robbery in Orland Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced three men to lengthy prison terms for sex trafficking five identified minors announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) are preparing to move highly radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Todd Shrader is the manager of EM’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), which oversees the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Shrader is an accomplished leader and engineer with experience in transuranic (TRU) waste packaging and disposal, engineering for underground repository environments...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A resident of University Heights, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of interfering with the duties of a flight crew, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cited Gregory Melton, doing business as GM Brokerage, Collierville, Tenn., for failure to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $440,902 to 22 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOL Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Employer name: BHC Northwest Psychiatric Hospital LLC, doing business as Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital. BHC Northwest Psychiatric Hospital LLC, doing business as Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital. Inspection site: 7170 Lafayette Ave. 7170 Lafayette Ave. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Fort Washington, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark A. Simmons, 46, of Wheeling Island, West Virginia, was convicted of illegally possessing firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 102,944 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2017
News Release: Seven defendants were sentenced for their roles in online fraud schemes involving counterfeit checks, “mystery shopper" websites and work-from-home scams, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis of the Southern...
