News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, today returned a two-count indictment charging Brandon McIntosh, a former deputy of the Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office, with violating the civil rights of an arrestee by using excessive force against him and then filing a false report to obstruct the investigation of that assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter Rendina, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced today the arrest of STEVEN CARSON and DEREK BROWN, both of whom were charged in a complaint with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Billy Wayne McClintock has been sentenced to prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that garnered approximately $20 million and cost over 160 investors in excess of $11 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: St. Louis - Rolf Rathmann, 53, of St. Louis, already a registered sex offender by virtue of a 2003 conviction for eight counts of statutory sodomy in Missouri state court, admitted to accessing numerous images and videos of child pornography, including images of children involved in sadistic and masochistic conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, June 28, 2018 - For the first time in three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released new data on improper payments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This data reflects an improved reporting process that will better enable USDA and its state partners...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Data Propria President Matt Oczkowski...
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 EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Data Propria President Matt Oczkowski...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of grants to help aid in the country’s response to the opioid crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: National Park Service staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial look forward to welcoming visitors to the Outer Banks over the Independence Day holiday next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, in partnership with the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, have released an opioid public service announcement to remind Georgians that the opioid epidemic demands the urgent attention of everyone in our community.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Spencer Wayne Allen, 26, was sentenced today before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez to 93 months of imprisonment for his convictions of arson and malicious damage and destruction to federal property, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Gomez also sentenced Allen to 3 years of supervised released, 300 hours of community service, and a $300 special assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary Perry started day four of the 2018 World Gas Conference (WGC) with a live CNBC Squawk Box interview where he gave an overview of his activities for the week, including his efforts to build out energy infrastructure and promote LNG exports. He then participated in a joint ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Willie James Tunstall, 36, of Spanish Fort, Alabama, was sentenced this morning to 100 months’ imprisonment on gun and drug charges. Court documents show that Tunstall was involved in the distribution of crack...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Data Propria President Matt Oczkowski...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joseph L. Converse, 47, of Lakeview, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 188 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempting to coerce and entice a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: Josh Harry Isler, age 55, from St. Ansgar, Iowa, has been charged with one count of trade secret theft and one count of making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The charges are contained in an Information filed today in the United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed...
