News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Mario Guadalupe Pecina, 44, of San Antonio, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 123 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Robert Dean Mason, age 46, of Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 97 months (over 8 years) in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joseph Jay Johnson, age 40, of Indianapolis, Indiana, pled guilty to Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to one count of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted for using a firearm and drug house to distribute marijuana, crack cocaine and other drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Justin E. Herdman issued the following statement on the Justice Department and DEA's proposal to reduce the manufacturing quotas for opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Join volunteers across the nation on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, taking part in the 25th annual National Public Lands Day - the largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, after two days of trial Nathan Adams, 36, pleaded guilty to production and attempted production of child pornography. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Lincare, Inc., has paid $5.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by offering illegal price reductions to Medicare beneficiaries, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, Lincare is one of the nation’s largest providers of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, with approximately 1,000 locations across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of three indictments charging the following individuals with the listed federal criminal violations.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - 33 individuals were charged Thursday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into a scheme to illegally bring into the United States millions of dollars of Chinese-manufactured goods by smuggling them through ports of entry on the East and West Coasts. One defendant is also charged with unlawful procurement of naturalization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dalwayne Howard, 26, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 months in federal prison, followed by a two-year term of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Howard pleaded guilty to this charge on May 14, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Asking for the Public's Assistance in Locating Don Woodson Ellis, Jr., Who is a Suspect in an Armed Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Additional charges were filed against three Indiana men who were indicted by a federal grand jury today for the armed robbery of a Walgreens pharmacy in Jefferson City, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City man today admitted that he swindled two investors of $3.4 million by falsely representing that his businesses had secured lucrative contracts to sell olive oil to major retailers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Valerie M. Stevens, 36, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced Tuesday in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 15 months in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for wire fraud. In addition to the prison sentence, Ms. Stevens will also be required to pay restitution in the amount of $222,322.43 and serve three years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that six previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Aug. 15, 2018, by a federal grand jury for illegal re-entry into the United States.
