News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LJUDMIL KLJUSEV, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 26 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled substances outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud. Judge Thompson also ordered KLUSEV to pay a $17,500 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a delay in the effective date of the rule titled "Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, " from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jeffrey David Mitchell, 54, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 144 months in federal prison and 10 years supervised release following his guilty plea in August 2015 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: MAR 22 - CONCORD, N.H - Elgid Guzman, 46, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to serve 87 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jeffrey David Mitchell, 54, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 144 months in federal prison and 10 years supervised release following his guilty plea in August 2015 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Lush deep shade and a gently curving scenic road are two landscape features that make the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) a pleasant recreational route for both motorists and bicyclists. Those features that make traveling the Parkway enjoyable can sometimes reduce visibility for both drivers...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft Muddy Mountain Coordinated Activity Management Plan. There will be a public meeting/open house held in the Casper Field Office on April 7, 2017 at 5 p.m. to ask questions, provide insight or make comments on the draft management plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: DETROIT, Mich. - Dr. Anthony Conrardy, age 61, and Dr. William McCutchen, III, age 46, were found guilty yesterday of unlawfully distributing Schedule II narcotics by a federal jury in Detroit, MI, acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today. Dr. Anthony Conrardy was convicted of five counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone and Dilaudid, and Dr. William McCutchen, III was convicted of four counts of unlawfully distributing oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Harold Blackwell, age 40, of Moore, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Charleston accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today reintroduced legislation that would impose new sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime and its supporters, encourage negotiations to end the six-year old crisis, and prompt investigations into the eventual...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical product.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the Boise District Office on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Boise at 3948 S. Development Avenue. A public comment period will be held at 11 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John Vercusky, age 39, a federal inmate, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani in Scranton, on March 21, 2017, to serve three months in prison for possessing contraband at the United States Penitentiary located in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania (“USP Schuylkill").
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eloy Flores-Zuniga, 31, a citizen of Mexico who resided in Fort Atkinson, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 15 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States. Flores-Zuniga pleaded guilty to this offense on Dec. 12, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Good Morning. Mr. Chairmen, thank you for holding this hearing. I would also like to thank all the witnesses for being here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tackya Whyte, age 41, a Jamaican citizen residing in Richmond, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy, mail fraud, and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: South Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud In Connection With Jamaican-Based Fraudulent Lottery Scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: The DOE-funded Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) is offering a free public webinar that will present machine learning approaches to using streaming data from PMUs to detect line outages in real time. These approaches are based on topological modeling, integer programming, and compressed sensing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Muscle Shoals man to nearly eight years in prison as a three-time convicted felon in possession of a gun, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Yesterday, Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, received an award from Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA) along with his colleague and Chairman Emeritus Ileana Ros-Lehtinen...
