News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two men were sentenced today for being involved in a multi-kilogram cocaine trafficking ring in Emporia. Hershell Grant, 52, of Richmond, was sentenced to 14 years, while Marvin Baskerville, 44, of North Carolina, was sentenced 17 1/2 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Ten West Link Transmission Line Project and draft amendments to the BLM Yuma Field Office Resource Management Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 12 members and associates of the CBL/BFL Gang with racketeering and narcotics conspiracy; possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence; and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two men were sentenced today for being involved in a multi-kilogram cocaine trafficking ring in Emporia. Hershell Grant, 52, of Richmond, was sentenced to 14 years, while Marvin Baskerville, 44, of North Carolina, was sentenced 17 1/2 years in prison.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to various Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to better understand the role of PBMs in the drug supply chain.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: A Detroit man was sentenced to 7 years (84 months) in federal prison on the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Fabian Garcia, age 30, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging ALEJANDRO MARIO CORTES, 45, with one count of making false statements to federal authorities after allegedly claiming he was abducted from his home in Chicago, Illinois earlier this spring. CORTES was arrested yesterday and made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violations of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Thursday, September 6, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 12 members and associates of the CBL/BFL Gang with racketeering and narcotics conspiracy; possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence; and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to various Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to better understand the role of PBMs in the drug supply chain.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Greenbrier County man was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in federal prison for distributing oxymorphone. Cody Reed Godfrey, 26, pled guilty in May to distributing oxymorphone pills to an informant in Alderson, where Godfrey was residing at the time. The case was investigated by the Greenbrier Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and Challenges Presented."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) requesting they conduct additional research looking at questions pertaining to hospital consolidation and the financial impact it has on Medicare patients and the program.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to express our strong opposition to the Department’s reported plans to allow States and school districts to purchase firearms or firearms training for teachers and other school staff with federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funds.[1] This plan runs counter...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Elbert Lee Williams, age 51, of Warner Robins, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 151 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Marc T. Treadwell on Aug. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Dr. Joseph L. Burton, a former county and state medical examiner and forensic pathologist, has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute opioid painkillers. Dr. Burton was indicted along with seven other individuals in February 2018. Four of Dr. Burton’s co-defendants have already been sentenced, and two more are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to similar charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after a briefing with the U.S. Postal Service on the release of the unredacted security clearance application and personnel file of Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant attempted to murder teenager; helped bury evidence from murder of another teenager.
