News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: ‘Be in the Picture’ Social Media Campaign Brings Awareness to the Dangers of Prescription Drug Misuse.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Join us Saturday, February 17th, at Tuzigoot National Monument for a celebration of the night sky and our solar system. Because the sky turns dark early and there is no heat distortion, winter is the best season for stargazing. We encourage visitors to dress for cold weather. Visitors are also welcome to bring their own mugs so they may enjoy free hot chocolate and tea! Our evening will begin at 6:30 pm with a presentation by the Lowell Observatory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged and fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory Jerome Mitchell, aka “Jimmy Jombo Kalu," 33, was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2018 by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 262 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s State of the Union address.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Jan. 26, 2018, United States District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Margie Lou Franz, age 73, of Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud. Xinis also ordered Franz to pay $970,964.76 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Gregory Jerome Mitchell, a.k.a “Jimmy Jombo Kalu," 33, was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2018 by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 262 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2018, to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers $1,000 Reward in Navajo Nation Homicide.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: THOMSON, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited auto parts manufacturer HP Pelzer Systems Automotive Inc. for safety violations after an employee suffered a finger amputation. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $129,336, the maximum amount allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Travis Madden, 41, of Gulfport, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 48 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its report on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Wilmington, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entered judgment in the amount of $16,223,091.38 against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging LLC (ONI) for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement. Under the terms of the judgment, ONI’s owner, Richard Pfarr, is jointly and severally liable for $6,125,947.13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A southeast Kansas man was indicted Tuesday on federal drug and firearm charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, IL-Sean M. Cox, special agent in charge of the FBI Springfield Division, announced that Michael Gillespie, creator of ID Ransomware and Malwarehunters.com of Bloomington, Illinois, has been selected as the recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three Wood County defendants pleaded guilty today for their roles in a heroin conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jonathan “Mohawk" Brown, 36, and Sir Pritis Williams, 28, both of Parkersburg, entered their guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Jamaican national was arrested last night for misuse of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant faces up to life in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Back in April 2013, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) gave credit to the Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Center of Excellence (COE)-developed Coast Guard Search and Rescue Visual Analytics (cgSARVA) system for its 2012 role in Superstorm Sandy.
