News from October 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement after Committee Republicans canceled Wednesday’s hearing “Assessing FEMA’s Preparedness and Response Capabilities" with FEMA Administrator Brock Long and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. No reason or rescheduled date was given.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Chemed Corporation and various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, have agreed to pay $75 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting false claims for hospice services to Medicare. Chemed, which is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, acquired Vitas in 2004. Vitas is the largest for-profit hospice chain in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Ardent Technologies, Inc, of Dayton, OH. Ardent Technologies, Inc is a Small Disadvantaged Business. Fixed Price and Time-and-Materials-type task orders may be issued...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Jeremy Luckett was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute, methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: A former resident of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false income tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Beall for the District of Kansas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: WASCO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment to disclose potential environmental effects and to solicit public comment on a North Kern Water Storage District water conservation project. The proposed project will line 1.1 miles of the Callaway Canal with concrete, install water delivery improvement equipment at 112 district-owned groundwater and monitoring wells, and install water level sensing equipment at 14 remote terminal unit locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Jeremy Luckett was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute, methamphetamine. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District Judge, following a guilty plea in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today sent a letter to Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), calling for him to widen the scope of the investigation he launched last week with Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy into decisions made by the Federal Bureau ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE DAVILA, also known as “Fallo," 33, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 55-year-old resident of Pettus has admitted he attempted to meet two underage boys for the purpose of sex, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Randy Rance, 56, of Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with distribution and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The BLM is seeking public comment on its Environmental Assessment analyzing effects of winter competitive events and commercial recreational uses of BLM-managed public lands and facilities along the Iditarod Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Garriton Jones was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on the guilty plea of Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - This Thursday, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will meet for a full committee hearing to explore the key takeaways from this year’s unprecedented hurricane season. The Committee will review the lessons learned in the aftermath of these storms, as well as the challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Martin, 58, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Scott Loren Steever was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $283,689.16 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mustafa al-Imam, a Libyan national approximately 46 years old, has been charged for his alleged participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Dominican national was extradited to the United States over the weekend for his alleged role in a drug trafficking organization responsible for over 16 kilograms of heroin that were seized in New Jersey and New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury in Atlanta convicted former Cumming Police Sergeant Nathan VanBuren of taking bribes in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information.
