News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, who also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that LISA ELIZABETH CORONA, 37, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury charging her with submitting false claims to the United States and theft of $30,644 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds in relation to the 2016 flooding that affected numerous local areas, to include Livingston Parish.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 72 months in prison for paying a 14-year-old girl for sex on multiple occasions in 2007.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation completed negotiations for a long-term Warren Act Contract with the Sacramento Suburban Water District to facilitate the conveyance of up to 29,000 acre-feet per year of non-Central Valley Project water through Folsom Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Spokane-Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joseph Trevino, age 35, of Malott, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on March 15, 2018, to Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender. United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Joseph Trevino to a 120-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today released the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The Committee will meet to consider the legislation at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Sold Crack Cocaine near Prospect Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Indiana man was arrested today in connection with posting a threat to shoot white attendees at the Boston Free Speech Rally held at the Boston Common in August 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Marcos Callejas-Nava, a citizen of Mexico and convicted heroin dealer, was sentenced this week to 57 months’ imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fifth video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Signature HealthCARE, LLC (“Signature"), a Louisville, Kentucky based company that owns and operates approximately 125 skilled nursing facilities, including facilities in Georgia, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, necessary, and skilled. Under the settlement agreement, Signature has agreed to pay more than $30 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS) - A Progress Report."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANDREW DEME, 52, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding investors in a yacht sharing club.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that William Flynn, 76, of Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to running an illegal gambling business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Sentence to be served consecutively to 17-year state court sentence for sodomy and incest.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - In partnership with other federal, state, and local groups, the BLM is initiating a new plan for the public lands within the Weston Hills Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) in Campbell County, which will consider a variety of actions to enhance or restore ecological conditions and improve recreation opportunities. The BLM will complete an environmental assessment and will need input from interested groups and people to develop a successful plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Ronald Wayne Leavitt, age 61, of Stansbury Park, Utah, who targeted friends, members of his church, and some of their relatives in an affinity fraud scheme, will serve 36 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer imposed the sentence Friday. Leavitt must pay $519,420.55 in restitution and serve 36 months of supervised release when he finishes his federal prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry Smith, Jr., 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: A seventh defendant, Tysheim Warren, was arrested today in connection with a nine-count indictment filed in federal court in Brooklyn, also charging Javier Blackett, John Paul Balcazar, David Maldonado, Hassan McClean, Kevin Raphael and Andrew Rose with crimes stemming from their participation in a drug-trafficking...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, raised concerns over the lack of federal grants awarded to Northeast states following the Department of Transportation's grant announcements. The agency announced nearly $1.535 billion in infrastructure grants through the Department's Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Innocent Bystander Slain in Exchange of Gunfire In the Middle of a Summer Afternoon.
