News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Allegations include issuing prescriptions without legitimate medical need and widespread recordkeeping violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Detroit Celebrates the FBI’s 110th Birthday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced The Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act, which would make permanent an Affordable Care Act provision that limits the growth of consumer out-of-pocket spending in the Medicare Part D program. The Democrats’ proposal would save Medicare beneficiaries billions of dollars annually on prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man previously convicted on firearm and drug trafficking charges in Rhode Island state court, and who subsequently obtained two firearms through a straw-purchase, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on July 24, 2018, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced William Waring and Tanay Jones, both of Bronx, New York, for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Brian Baptiste Formiconi, 39, of Roseville, charging him with sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JERRY R. NEWTON, age 54, of Slidell, Louisiana pleaded guilty to a one count Bill of Information charging Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Everado Cuadro Campos, 49, of Michoacán, Mexico, charging him with conspiracy to grow marijuana with the intent to distribute it and damaging public lands and natural resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Defendants are the latest to be sentenced out of nearly two dozen defendants after long-term narcotics investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: On July 25, 2018, Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE) and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources during a hearing on Puerto Rico’s grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Alshaqah Tariq Powell, age 45, of North Carolina, was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on July 23, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Celebrates It’s 110th Birthday. On July 26, 2018, the FBI celebrates 110 years of public service. In honor of this milestone, we reflect on our history and look forward to the future of the organization. At FBI St. Louis, Headquarters, and across all field offices, we are highlighting the FBI’s history...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Jhonnita L. Williams, a former department administrator at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) agency, has been charged with participating in a false-invoice scheme, resulting in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Dear Chairman Harper, Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Gowdy, and Chairman McCaul...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI, Law Enforcement Partners Seek Armed and Dangerous Fugitive Shawn Christy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Buffalo Celebrates the FBI’s 110th Birthday.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The temporary restrictions of the Rock House Recreation Area, visitor center and boat launch have been extended through August 6 to allow the parking lot sealer to cure properly in the extreme heat. The recreation area, managed by The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Lake Havasu...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - On the first day of deliberations, a federal jury found Nazim Burton guilty of one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
