News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that efforts to increase violent crime prosecutions in the Shreveport area are having a positive effect on crime rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant was Already a Registered Sex Offender from a Previous Conviction in Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced the arrest of 10 men today on federal narcotics trafficking offenses. The arrests are the result of a seven-month, joint investigation by the FBI, ATF and the Waterbury Police Department into a Waterbury drug ring that is alleged to have been distributing heroin and crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA - On July 14, 2018 at approximately 3:30 am, U.S. Park Rangers arrested Randy W. Eastman Jr, 30, of La Push, WA and Brianne M. Decker, 28, of Beaver, WA after attempting to remove entrance fee money from a fee canister in the Sol Duc valley in Olympic National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Offers Reward in Mazatzal Casino Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: FBI and Oakland Police Department Offer $30,000 Reward for Information.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: As I know firsthand, at the heart of the Affordable Care Act was a recognition that we must transform how we pay for and deliver health care in this country. The law gave providers tools to establish Accountable Care Organizations, bundled payments, and other groundbreaking ways of paying for care. It also created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which tested many value-based payment models under the leadership of the Obama Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Blacklick, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy, transfer of a false identification document, mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Derick Jennings, 48, formerly of Manchester, was sentenced to serve a total of ten years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Benjamin A. Bish (619) 546-8662.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Robert Khuzami, Attorney for the United States, acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced the convictions of former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS and his son ADAM SKELOS on bribery, extortion, and honest services fraud counts, following a five-week jury trial...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s latest hearing on ways to address rising health care costs. In her remarks, Senator Murray condemned President Trump...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - After recent news reports revealed a failure to execute prepositioned contracts for debris removal in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma last year, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill continued her investigation into post-hurricane contracting by once again pushing the Federal Emergency Management...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement regarding the Treasury Department’s announcement late Monday to allow nonprofits to keep the identities of their donors from U.S. tax authorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that RODOLFO SABLON, a/k/a “Rudy," pled guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and fraud in connection with a tender offer for his role in an insider...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Countywide Bat Monitoring Project Underway. Marin County, CA - Seldom seen and often misunderstood, bats are actually tremendously important parts of our communities, helping keep many insects-such as mosquitoes and garden pests-under control. So little is known about our local bats, however, that it's...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: This week, the House is expected to consider the Fiscal Year 2019 Interior-Environment and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills as a two-bill minibus. These bills cut environmental protection, undermine clean air and water laws, zero out election security grants, roll back consumer protections, and attack women’s health. A full summary of the legislation is included below. A PDF copy is available.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Robert Khuzami, Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, said: “Yet again, a New York jury heard a sordid tale of bribery, extortion, and the abuse of power by a powerful public official of this State. And yet again, a jury responded with a unanimous verdict of guilt, in this case of Dean Skelos and his son Adam - sending the resounding message that political corruption will not be tolerated.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marcus Israel Butler, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay over $353,000 in restitution for fraud involving a debit card, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
