News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that David Paul Fuller, age 55, of Greenwood, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville, for possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, sentenced Fuller to 120 months in the Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Isabel Colmenares (56, Tampa) to a year and a day in federal prison for receiving misbranded items with the intent to defraud. The Court also ordered her to pay $15,500 in restitution to a victim who suffered adverse medical conditions from the injections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Shelly A. Binkowski, Inspector in Charge for the Boston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, today announced the unsealing of two indictments charging a total of 17 individuals with federal narcotics offenses related to the trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine in central Connecticut.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Dear Chairman Schmidtlein: In accordance with the American Manufacturing and Competitiveness Act of 2016, the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance have reviewed the thorough preliminary report prepared by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) concerning the Miscellaneous...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man charged with fatally shooting Memphis Police Department Officer Sean Bolton was sentenced today for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition and armed carjacking. The defendant, Tremaine Wilbourn, 31, has pending state charges for capital murder. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Former Government Contractor Sentenced to 60 Months for His Participation in Bribery Conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House unanimously passed bipartisan legislation - introduced by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) - to improve Medicare Part B programs for patients with significant health challenges and the health care professionals who treat them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clover, South Carolina pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of interstate stalking, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced that Eric Matos, 37, a Dominican national residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Melrose Park Police Detective has been sentenced to eleven years in federal prison for dealing narcotics stolen from the police evidence room.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a media availability on Capitol Hill today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) expressed strong support for the “Medicare Red Tape Relief Project." His statement came after Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) announced this new initiative to reduce the Medicare regulations and mandates that too often stand in the way of delivering quality patient care.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pretoria, South Africa joined Angolan Customs Enforcement July 14-20 during Operation Save Rhinos, Elephants, and Pangolins (SaveREP), an anti-wildlife trafficking operation that took place during the month of July at the Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport in Luanda, Angola.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted three men on gun charges connected to an April burglary at a Tarrant pawnshop, announced acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido. A two-count indictment ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb's decision Friday that the FDA would delay the harmful e-cigarette rule until 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - The United States charged a Memphis man for committing bank fraud against various banks in the Memphis and West Tennessee area. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Melrose Park Police Detective has been sentenced to eleven years in federal prison for dealing narcotics stolen from the police evidence room.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: NPS RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED UTILITY AND ROADWAY CROSSINGS AND A VISITOR TRAIL WITHIN TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin and fentanyl trafficking operation in southeastern Massachusetts.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - A West Texas man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement on the departure of Chief International Trade Counsel Jason Kearns...
