News from July 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a multitude of proposed changes to strengthen and modernize Medicare for the beneficiaries that rely upon it.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BELHAVEN, NC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Belhaven Shipyard and Marina Inc. - doing business as TowBoatUS River Forest - after an employee drowned when a towboat capsized while operating in a winter storm. The company faces $11,640 in proposed penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway was reopened after an intense storm on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 caused mud and debris to overwhelm the road drainage culverts and cover the switchback section of the highway. In several areas, the mud and debris were 3-4 feet deep, stranding several dozen...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. National Pleads Guilty to the Attempted Murder of U.S. Consulate Official in Mexico.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a multitude of proposed changes to strengthen and modernize Medicare for the beneficiaries that rely upon it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: A repeat offender who used his wife to repeatedly illegally purchase firearms, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 7 years in prison for four federal felonies, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ROBERT A. STANARD, 42, of Stanwood, Washington was convicted in January 2018 of ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to grant South Tahoe Public Utilities District $75,000 for its Pressure Reducing Valve Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Upgrades Project through a CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- Three (3) suspected cocaine traffickers made their initial appearance in federal court yesterday and are facing charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Jose Ocampo-Gonzalez, 49, Kristopher Kashif Baker, 32, and Robert Reynolds, Jr., all from Tuskegee, were arrested this week and are currently in United States Marshals custody pending a detention hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - SOUTHWEST ORTHOPAEDIC SPECIALISTS, PLLC; ANTHONY CRUSE, D.O.; R.J. LANGERMAN, JR., D.O.; DANIEL J. JONES, M.D.; MEHDI ADHAM, M.D.; DEREK WEST, D.O.; BRIAN LEVINGS, D.O.; SHANE HUME, D.O.; BRAD REDDICK, D.O.; and KRISTOPHER AVANT, D.O., have agreed to pay $670,000 to settle civil claims...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Lawrence J. Gerrans, president and chief executive officer of San Rafael-based medical device company Sanovas, on three counts of wire fraud and money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Gregory S. Rothwell Jr., 31, of Fort Walton Beach, was sentenced to federal prison today after having been found guilty on April 3 of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - Doyle Wesley Pearson, a 39-year-old Philipsburg resident, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release after pleading guilty to prohibited person in possession of firearms on March 6, 2018. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Eugene James, age 34, of Rome, New York, was sentenced today to serve 188 months incarceration in connection with his guilty plea to federal drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - More than 20 law enforcement officers held training exercise with HealthNet Aeromedical Services in Morgantown yesterday, preparing for a worst-case scenario- treating and evacuating a critically-injured fellow officer. The exercise, hosted by the West Virginia State Police and the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Stewart Detention Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, died late Tuesday at an area hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell and efforts by facility staff and emergency personnel to revive him were unsuccessful.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “The inscription, ‘The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government,’ is set in stone in the New York County courthouse. Those words have never been more poignant for the citizens of New York, as in quick succession less than...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christian Dejesus Rodriguez, 19, Sanford, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Pterson to seven years in federal prison. On April 25, 2018, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to committing three armed robberies of Madison businesses and with brandishing a firearm during one of the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Under order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), and Justice (DOJ) have been reunifying alien minors under 5 years old who are currently in the custody of HHS with adults who have been in the custody of DHS.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will travel to Mexico City, Mexico with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin on Friday, July 13th. While in Mexico, Secretary Nielsen will meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto, Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Governance Alfonso Navarrete Prida, and President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
