News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Feb. 14, 2018, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Joel Allen Corder, age 45, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to 180 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Corder was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment, to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and to comply with the sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: A Concord Township man was indicted for child pornography crimes, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Christie Morgan a/k/a Christie Hutto, age 41, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2018, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, to pay restitution of $86,000 and to serve three years on probation for defrauding the United States government in a medical equipment billing scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert A. Ruggiero, 24, of New Boston, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison for bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS PALACIOS ORTIZ, 44, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to cocaine trafficking and immigration offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today calling for a top-down review of HHS to confront the ethical lapses and conflicts of interest that have plagued the department over the past year. Secretary Azar is scheduled to appear before the Energy and Commerce Committee later today for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan committee leaders sent follow-up letters today to McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. Combined, these letters pose more than 70 questions and include more than 40 requests for documents about the distributors’ efforts during the height of the opioid epidemic in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Javis D. Wilson (39, Tampa) to 18 years and 4 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today calling for a top-down review of HHS to confront the ethical lapses and conflicts of interest that have plagued the department over the past year. Secretary Azar is scheduled to appear before the Energy and Commerce Committee later today for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Marshall, 42, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering, was sentenced to 65 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today calling for a top-down review of HHS to confront the ethical lapses and conflicts of interest that have plagued the department over the past year. Secretary Azar is scheduled to appear before the Energy and Commerce Committee later today for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: In Identity Theft Scheme. HAMMOND - Alexis T. Young, age 35, of Hammond, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen for conspiracy to commit identity theft and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Young was sentenced to 70...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - Nishen Ramon Palmer, a 36-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone last August. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner and manager of a New Jersey hedge fund was convicted by a federal jury today for defrauding two investors of $4 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre today requesting an update on environmental safety concerns related to construction of the Rover Pipeline.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing continuing its record of oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan committee leaders sent follow-up letters today to McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. Combined, these letters pose more than 70 questions and include more than 40 requests for documents about the distributors’ efforts during the height of the opioid epidemic in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Defendants Lured Victim from Queens to Long Island and Then Shot Him, Believing Victim Was Cooperating with Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: After yesterday’s horrific shooting in Parkland, Florida, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke on the House floor to mourn the victims and demand once again that Congress finally take action to address gun violence in America...
