News from June 2018
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 DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice told a federal court that it will not defend the key patient...
By DOE 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: BOSTON - A New York-based oxycodone trafficker was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $677 million in airport infrastructure grants, the first allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Donora, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 35 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Davis is the first...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member, and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member, today called out a senseless attempt by House Republicans, led by Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), to interfere with Special Counsel Robert...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Otis Willt, age 34, of Huntsville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison followed by twenty-five years of supervised release on one count of Accessing the Internet with the Intent to View Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program Brings Law Enforcement and Communities Together.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CHRISTOPHER MARCUS WELLS, 47, of Shawnee, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Alberto Rodriquez, 66, of Briarwood, New York, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with a scheme to evade federal excise tax on imported cigars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge David J. Hale sentenced Robert L. Tomlinson, 56, to 10 years in prison followed by a 15-year term of Supervised Release, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. There is no parole in the federal system. Tomlinson remains in the custody of the United States Marshals Service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - As high water continues to surge across the region, the Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office urges floaters to use caution along the Madison River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Signature HealthCARE to Pay More Than $30 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Rehabilitation Therapy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a former Central Intelligence Agency case officer today on espionage charges related to his transmission of classified documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted in federal court for selling heroin that resulted in a fatal overdose last year, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
