News from September 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reported a contamination event in one of its laboratories that has resulted in an internal radiation exposure from americium-241 (Am-241) to at least one radiation staff member. Initial bioassay testing appears to show that the employee received a dose above the annual regulatory limit for radiation workers; additional testing is underway to acquire more dose estimate data.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant stole nearly $1.5 million from widow’s insurance policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Cullman man to 90 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for producing child pornography involving seven minor victims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Gerald Roberts, Jr. Named Assistant Director of the Security Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Battle Mountain, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Tonopah Field Office has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the effects of completing improvements to the Silver Peak Road and is inviting public review and comment.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck regarding the NotPetya malware and potential nexus with the drug supply. The letters were signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jordan Ali, 37, of Arizona, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, as well as a separate charge of money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on Hurricane Maria’s impact on the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Rural Development and Energy Programs: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AARON GYAMBIBI, also known as “E," 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved in an overdose death in Enfield last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Steven Butler, 24, of Rangeley, Maine, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that David Geisbrecht Fehr, a/k/a “Oscar Silva Leamon", a/k/a “El Ingeniero", age 44, of Chihuahua, Mexico was charged in a 1-count indictment. David Geisbrecht Fehr was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Brent Roaix, 33, of Lewiston, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for robbery of a credit union.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will conduct a negotiation session for a contract for repayment for the costs of operation and maintenance work on the C.W. “Bill" Jones Pumping Plant, California, pursuant to Title IX, Subtitle G of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of March 30, 2009 (P.L. 111-11, 43 U.S.C. § 510).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Today a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Trevor David Littleman, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation with violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws. Littleman remains in federal custody pending trial which has yet to be scheduled.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following joint statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI):
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 19, 2017, Hale Nahsonhoya, 22, of Mesa, Ariz., and a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 250 months in prison (20 years and 10 months) followed by five years of supervised release. Nahsonhoya had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder and aggravated assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: A Miami physician was sentenced today to 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, for his role in a $4.8 million health care fraud scheme that involved the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and the illegal prescribing of controlled substances, including oxycodone and hydrocodone.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SAGLE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Coeur d’Alene Field Office has opened a 30-day public scoping period to collect feedback on proposed hazardous fuels and forest health improvement treatments in 328 acres of BLM’s Gamlin Lake Special Recreation Management Area. The BLM also plans to reroute two recreation trails to better protect sensitive plant species in the area. The Gamlin Lake recreation area is located eight miles southeast of Sandpoint, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jeffrey Wittman, 52, and his company JBJ Services, LLC (“JBJ"), appeared in federal court yesterday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez and pleaded guilty to charges related to the ownership and operation of at least two businesses that were fronts for illegal brothels in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
