News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president of a staffing company was arrested this morning for allegedly used phony invoices and time cards to defraud a commercial finance lending company of $400,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information to collect feedback from stakeholders and the public about the Stark Law.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information to collect feedback from stakeholders and the public about the Stark Law.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an immediate audit of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to track and reunite children that were separated from their families because of the Trump Administration’s “zero-tolerance" immigration policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - U.S. District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Byron H. Montijo-Maysonet to 16 years and six months of imprisonment for one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and four counts of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Montijo-Maysonet was found guilty of these charges on March 7, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to propose new safety requirements to prevent or contain chemical spills that can pollute U.S. waters...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of Four Nuclear Energy Bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - MARTIN ROCHA, 56, a resident of Caddo County, has been charged with assaulting a woman in Indian Country with a rifle with the intent to murder her, along with other charges, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Defendant, Previously Convicted of Two DUI-Offenses, was Intoxicated When he Caused Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Victim’s Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced William Marion Patterson, III (49, Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for receiving child sexual abuse videos and images over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A jury in U.S. District Court in Denver today found Jamshid Muhtorov guilty on three counts involving material support to a terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced. The guilty verdicts come after a 19-day trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane. The defendant was acquitted of an additional count. The Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers joined in today's announcement.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation advises the public of the risk of using charcoal and other ash producing fuels in recreation areas during Red Flag Warning weather conditions. The status of forecasted Red Flag warning conditions can be viewed at: www.weather.gov which will note any issued Red Flag warning days in Napa County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut hosted its annual United States Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony yesterday in New Haven. The ceremony at the City of New Haven’s aldermanic chambers recognized more than 160 individuals for their investigative efforts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to propose new safety requirements to prevent or contain chemical spills that can pollute U.S. waters...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Comprehensive drug investigation led to the indictment of nearly a dozen defendants, all of whom have now pled guilty.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on the forthcoming biofuel mandate for 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Brian Scott Ellis (50, New Port Richey) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing and attempting to produce child pornography. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, FBI agents arrested 54-year-old Joseph Vasquez, a principal of San Antonio Cash Network, for allegedly stealing over $145,000 from his company’s ATMs, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Decatur man involved in a kidnapping and child sex-trafficking plot to 30 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Two Alabama Men Sentenced to Prison for Sex Trafficking.
