News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was indicted today for allegedly conspiring to import and distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from the Dominican Republic into the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: Four Defendants Charged in Panama Papers Investigation for Their Roles in Panamanian-Based Global Law Firm’s Decades-Long Scheme to Defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the local implementation of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) in East St. Louis, Illinois. The centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime strategy, PSN is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, along with community leaders, to identify the most pressing violent crime problems and to develop comprehensive solutions to address them.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Anthony Rashad Brown on Nov. 30, 2018 to serve a term of imprisonment of 70 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for the for the illegal possession of a firearm in violation of 18 USC § 922(g)(1). The defendant’s guilty plea was accepted by the Court on July 30, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this on Tuesday after the Treasury Department released a report examining the U.S. Postal Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced Jamaal Ray Curtis, 36, of Oxford to 188 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. CURTIS pled guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on Jan. 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm following an 11-hour standoff with law enforcement officers.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed into law the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, a bill reauthorizing the work of the United States Coast Guard. The ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, active search efforts began in the Longs Peak area of Rocky Mountain National Park for Air Force Academy Cadet Candidate Micah Tice, 20, of Las Vegas, Nevada. On Monday afternoon, Nov. 26, park rangers were notified that the Air Force Academy was asking for assistance in locating Tice. His vehicle was subsequently located at the Longs Peak Trailhead at approximately 3:30 p.m. on November 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: Owner and operator of Atlas Specialty Pharmacy ordered to pay over $3.7 million in restitution.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $624,000 civil penalty against Steele Aviation of Beverly Hills, Calif., for allegedly conducting illegal passenger-carrying flights.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Minnesota-based medical device manufacturer ev3 Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to its neurovascular medical device, Onyx Liquid Embolic System, and pay $17.9 million, the Department of Justice announced today. Covidien LP, whose parent acquired ev3, separately paid $13...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies issued the following statement after the Environmental ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Gunn, II, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday to 151 months incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - For three decades, the (ETF) has treated more than 450 million gallons of wastewater at the Savannah River Site (SRS), ensuring environmentally safe water leaves the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas pharmacist was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Richard F. Boulware II, to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring with others to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to pay $3,749,121 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Des Moines residents, Scott William Twaddle, age 51, to 12 months and one day in prison, and Jana Marie Harmon Twaddle, age 52, to three years of probation with two months of home detention...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today’s arrest of Nathan Koen, 42, of Conway, on federal bribery and drug conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s office announced today that Minnesota-based medical device manufacturer ev3 Inc. (ev3), has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to the distribution of its neurovascular medical device, Onyx Liquid Embolic System, and pay $17.9 million in fines and forfeiture.
