News from June 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Jenkins, for calling this hearing, and I would also like to thank our witnesses, Mr. Conant and Mr. Fort, for appearing here today. You have both served the public with long and extremely distinguished careers, and I want to thank you for what you do.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) Executive Director Kieran Suckling seeking information on CBD’s work on behalf...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Russell Cherry, 51, of Anchorage, has been indicted on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. Cherry was arraigned this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Hutton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Hadelyn Richardson, 26, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to six years in prison and four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He was also fined $10,000. Upon release from prison, he faces deportation to the Dominican Republic. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: St. Louis - The last of 52 defendants charged in a wide-ranging methamphetamine conspiracy entered a guilty plea before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Defendant Israel Angeles-Moctezuma, also known as “Amigo," entered his plea on the morning his Federal conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: (FERGUS COUNTY, Mont.) - Campers will have to bring their own water to the James Kipp Recreation Area starting July 8, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- Join the National Park Service for the Lotus and Water Lily Festival on Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See spectacular 3-foot-tall lotuses and vibrantly colored lilies during peak bloom at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, the only national park dedicated to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Traficante, 23, of Long Island, NY, who was convicted of cyberstalking and distribution of a controlled substance, was sentenced to 48 months by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - William Bischoff, 76, of York, Maine, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison for operating a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme and failing to file federal income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KAMIL GOLEBIOWSKI, 26, of Shelton, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with various drug offenses related to the illegal distribution of counterfeit drugs. The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Steven Verren Baker, age 38, of Holly Hill, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Smuggle Wildlife, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 371. Senior Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., accepted the plea and will sentence Baker at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DWAYNE LABRANCH, a/k/a “Mondo," a/k/a “Black," age 35, of New Orleans, pled guilty on June 18 to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl; one count of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking; and one count of discharging a firearm in a school zone.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), held a hearing to review occupational licensing and its effects on economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On June 20, 2018, Sherry Ann Allen, 49, of Johnson City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with embezzling $1,195,596.00 from Greater Eastern Credit Union and tax evasion. Sentencing is set for 9:00 a.m., Sept. 26, 2018, in U.S. District Court in Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - The Justice Department announced today that Healogics, Inc. has agreed to pay up to $22.51 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing wound care centers to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary and unreasonable hyperbaric oxygen (“HBO") therapy. Healogics, a Florida-based company, manages nearly 700 hospital-based wound care centers across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two California men who were arrested in Mercer County, New Jersey, with over 50 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and nine kilograms of heroin appeared Wednesday in Trenton federal court, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced, following a following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark investigation, which also included N.J. State Police, and Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I must again express my strong objection to the spending priorities put forward by the Majority. These revised allocations continue to dramatically shortchange middle class families and people struggling to get into the middle class. There is still no increase for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, no new resources to protect our environment, and no new investment in diplomacy to keep our country safe and strong.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - In the ongoing coordinated law enforcement effort to combat the opioid crisis in South Dakota, United States Attorney Ron Parsons announces that two more individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury and made their initial appearances before federal magistrate judge Veronica L. Duffy on heroin- and fentanyl-related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was convicted yesterday in federal court in Boston of his role in a heroin conspiracy operating in Norwood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NICHOLAS AURORA JR., 34, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which AURORA must serve in home confinement, for illegally distributing steroids. Judge Bolden also ordered AURORA to pay a $2,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service.
