News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Kimberly Pitts, age 48, of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced late last week by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 41 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, IRS Criminal Investigation...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - A citizen of Saudi Arabia and a current resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, was arrested Monday for visa fraud and making a false statement to the FBI by, among other things, concealing his application to and attendance at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Rodney Moret of Madison Heights, Michigan was sentenced today to 75 months’ imprisonment for participating in conspiracies to distribute prescription pills illegally and to defraud Medicare, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. His crimes include over $15 million of prescriptions drugs, and an additional $6 million in health care fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Transportation Security Administration is prepared for the start of the Spring Break travel period, which typically begins in February and continues into April. The biggest thing travelers can do make their security experience go smoother is to arrive at airport at least two hours before their scheduled flight. This will ensure they have enough time to navigate traffic, parking, rental car returns, airline check-in and security.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Bringing down the high cost of prescription medicine was one of Trump’s headline promises on the 2016 campaign trail. A little more than a year later, that promise has been all talk and no action. Since his election, Trump has promised at least twelve times that he is going to take action to lower drug prices. Trump hasn’t lifted a finger to tackle this problem for middle-class Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Naif Abdulaziz M. Alfallaj, 34, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and a current resident of Weatherford, Oklahoma, has been arrested for visa fraud and making a false statement to the FBI by, among other things, concealing his application to and attendance at an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in late 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Evan “Red" Harris, 34, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, over 100 grams of heroin, and over 28 grams...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Energy Secretary Rick Perry joined Savannah River Site (SRS) officials Feb. 1 to break ground on EM’s second 32.8-million-gallon liquid waste disposal unit during his first visit to the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Carlos Mendoza-Mojica, age 30, of Springdale, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “The Opioid Crisis: Removing Barriers to Prevent and Treat Opioid Abuse and Dependence in Medicare" on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM in room...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former captain with Alaska Airlines has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of piloting a plane carrying passengers while he was under the influence of alcohol.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, Secretary Perdue, back to the Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Timothy Meacham, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of selling counterfeit coins, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $5,184.00 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region announced Tuesday that Ali Forsythe has been selected as the Deputy Regional Director.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a recent report that identified a lack of security oversight from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at its medical centers across the country, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for details from the VA about what it is doing to work with medical centers in order to...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: The spring Eastern wild turkey hunt will take place in Massachusetts starting April 30, and in Cape Cod National Seashore for a seventh season. The 2018 national seashore turkey hunting season will run from April 30 through May 19, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: A Garfield Heights man was indicted on carfentanil, fentanyl and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman said.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A Texas state district judge has been arrested on allegations he accepted approximately $6000 in cash bribes, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI - San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Kimberly Pitts, age 48, of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced late last week by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 41 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, IRS Criminal Investigation...
