News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEITH ATWATER, 36, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing heroin that led to an overdose.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston woman appeared in federal court Wednesday charged with smuggling into the United States a counterfeit trademarked corticosteroid (anti-inflammatory) known as “Diprospan" and trafficked the misbranded and counterfeit drug through a store known as “Naturavida."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - A Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania man, was sentenced to 54 months and a three-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to commit wire fraud and for committing aggravated identity theft, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - Ben Blom is enjoying the opportunities, challenges, and experiences of serving as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Field Office manager. He took over the job in March after Rick Cooper retired.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Darrell Issa sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy urging him to place the bipartisan, bicameral Fair Chance Act on the agenda for the Committee’s next business meeting. The bill, which would give formerly incarcerated Americans a fair chance at obtaining employment with the federal government, was introduced by Cummings and Issa in April.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement agreement with Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. (Panda Express), a restaurant chain with over 1,800 locations in the United States. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into whether Panda Express discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when reverifying their permission to work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that WellCare's former General Counsel, Thaddeus M.S. Bereday (52, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the Florida Medicaid program. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy K. Lovett, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a bank robbery charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old woman appeared in federal court today for allegedly smuggling a counterfeit corticosteroid known as Diprospan into the United States and trafficking the misbranded and counterfeit drug through a store known as Naturavida, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DWIGHT JOSEPH, JR., age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a two-count Indictment charging him with possession of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve and failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Richard J. Morgan, age 54, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, was charged on June 27, 2017, in a criminal information with one count of bank fraud and one count of interfering with the administration of the internal revenue laws.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service-Christiansted National Historic Site is pleased to announce the second field season of the Slave Wrecks Project Community Archeology Program. Archeologists from the NPS’ Southeast Archeological Center will be conducting investigations at the site of the 1750s Danish West India...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Former San Antonio lawyer Todd Prins faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after pleading guilty earlier today to one count of wire fraud announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing examining how excessive litigation is draining taxpayer resources and preventing the Department of the Interior (DOI) from fulfilling its core statutory functions and responsibilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 41-year-old inmate at the Three Rivers Correctional Institution has been charged with possessing a prohibited object in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: * Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, a married couple received injuries after being “butted" by a bison at Mud Volcano, just north of Lake Village in Yellowstone National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Thank you for yielding Mr. Chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Statement by U.S. Attorney John W. Huber on Kate’s Law and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Advancing U.S. Interests at the United Nations." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: PureChoice Founder Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for $28 Million Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme.
