News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Michael Rushmer Also Charged with Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: DAVID TRAN, age 39, and DAVID TRAN, age 31, (same name but no relation), both residents of Bridge City, Louisiana, were charged in a four-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for 1) conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possession with the intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), and James P. O’Neill...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Summit Milk Products LLC, based in Waterloo, for ongoing failure to protect employees against burns at its facility. The cheese and dairy products manufacturer faces a total of $143,954 in proposed penalties for uncorrected and new hazards.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm early this morning at the security screening checkpoint at Des Moines International Airport (DSM).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: 6pm. COST: Free. CONTACT: Cecelia Wainright. For more information about Dry Tortugas National Park, please visit www.nps.gov/drto. -NPS-.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Joe L. Fletcher, a current inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta (USP Atlanta), has been indicted by a federal grand jury following a Facebook video posting that showed Fletcher in his prison cell talking on a contraband phone with family members and friends. During the conversations, Fletcher bragged about his ability to possess a phone in prison, called himself “a motivational speaker for gangsters," and also claimed responsibility for a 2010 murder in Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been convicted after being identified by DNA found in seminal fluid left after the armed robbery of a Houston area massage parlor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS), an upgraded data system that holds great potential to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of Medicaid data.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on March 15, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Burt Denson, age 41, of Quitman, GA, to 185 months imprisonment for two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Mr. Denson pled guilty to the offense on Oct. 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon Fremin announced that yesterday United States District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced MARCUS JOSHUA LUTER, age 30, of Gonzales, Louisiana, to 52 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release following his conviction for possession of firearms by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Lafayette man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine after Lafayette Police Department officers recovered multiple controlled substances and a weapon within his residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Pittsburgh radiologist has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. This indictment is the second in...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Dallas man of six counts related to a mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney talked to reporters March 12 about his recent trip to Japan, where he discussed trade policy priorities with Japanese officials and promoted U.S. food and farm products at FOODEX, Asia's largest food and beverage trade show. USDA Radio’s Stephanie Ho has the story.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bipartisan leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS), an upgraded data system that holds great potential to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of Medicaid data.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WAKEFIELD, NE ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Michael Foods Inc., an egg processing facility based in Wakefield, Nebraska, for multiple safety violations after an employee suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by a dock leveler. A dock leveler is a device used to allow a forklift to travel between a loading dock and a trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: ELIJAH CHARLES SORINA (“SORINA"), age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: On Saturday, March 17th, Big Thicket National Preserve will provide an opportunity for you to develop safe and effective canoeing skills. This free clinic welcomes visitors to casually explore basic canoe paddling skills on Village Creek with instruction from professionally trained park rangers. Join...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on March, 15 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson revoked the Supervised Release for Frederick Tyrone Calhoun, age 35, of Lakeland, Georgia and ordered him to serve forty-eight (48) months in the Bureau of Prisons.
