News from June 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Brandon Mardell Woods, 33, of St. Louis, was charged in a federal indictment charging him with two felony count of interference with commerce by threats or violence; two felony counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; two felony counts of carjacking; and one felony count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Several Chicago-area medical professionals, including four physicians, are facing federal criminal charges as part of the largest health care fraud enforcement action in Department of Justice history, federal authorities announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Fatal Shoot-out with Police Ended Crime Spree.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (“CVS") has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve the United States’ investigation that certain of its pharmacy stores located in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island violated the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA") by failing to timely report the loss...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has issued final environmental documents for proposed amendments to: 1) Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District (PRWCD) Repayment Contract; 2) Operating Principles, Trinidad Dam and Reservoir Project; and 3) PRWCD Operating Criteria. The Trinidad Dam and...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee today advanced the nominations of Jeffrey Kessler to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Lynn A. Johnson to be Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Elizabeth Ann Copeland to be a United States Tax Court Judge, and Patrick J. Urda to be a United States Tax Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, a former software development manager for Equifax, was arraigned today on federal charges of insider trading for allegedly using information entrusted to him to purchase put options and turn a profit when the news of the data breach was made public. A grand jury previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Aaron “Black" Clark, who sold kilograms of heroin and cocaine out of his west Little Rock home, will spend the next 30 years in federal prison. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Isaias Guerrero, a/k/a Jose Isaias Herrera, age 40, and a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to illegal re-entry into the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Used Another’s Green Card and Social Security Number to Get Work.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Federal prosecutors are teaming up with local and state law enforcement agencies to target violent crime in Wichita and Garden City, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Defendant Worked as Personal Care Aide.

By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine bipartisan measures, including the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (H.R. 1697), as amended.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Olympic National Park is set to begin a rehabilitation project on Hurricane Hill Trail, a popular hike at Hurricane Ridge. The project will start Monday, July 2 and be completed over the course of three summer seasons. The project includes construction of masonry retaining walls, drainage improvements, paving to 8 foot width, bench installation, revegetation, and improving the first four tenths of a mile of the trail to federal accessibility standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Antwan Williams (34, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during a robbery in connection with a series of armed robberies he committed in Manatee County. Williams faces a minimum mandatory penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Bart M. Davis is alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. Marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. U.S. Attorney Davis is urging people to report the calls their local FBI office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jose Castillo Febles, 31, of Doral, Florida, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 32 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was also ordered to pay over $25,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 25, 2017.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington-Lee High School. 1301 North Stafford Street. Arlington, VA 22201. * Online through the park Planning, Environment & Public Comment webpage for the Arlington County and Vicinity Nonmotorized Boathouse Environmental Assessment. * By mail for letters postmarked by July 30, 2018: Attn: Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History Resulted in 76 Doctors Charged and 84 Opioid Cases Involving More Than 13 Million Illegal Dosages of Opioids.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Defendants Include a New Jersey Doctor, an Anesthesiology Technologist for a Philadelphia Hospital, and the Owner of a Medical Billing Company.