News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS - As a result of severe weather conditions, a travel advisory is in effect for the entire Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway). Heavy rains and winds have resulted in numerous downed trees blocking the roadway. Travelers are advised to exercise caution when driving on the Parkway as additional rain and high winds are expected throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - New Oaklawn Investments, LLC, d/b/a Oaklawn Health and Rehabilitation Center and Elmcroft Senior Living, Inc., a Louisville based skilled nursing facility, agreed to pay $5,191,470 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Medicare Program, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Pedro Ivan Flores, 43, a citizen of Peru, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 16 months in prison for smuggling counterfeit cigarettes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site will open for the 2018 visitor season at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, 2018! Guided tours will be offered Wednesdays to Sundays through October 28. Special events such as concerts, poetry readings, and living history programs will be offered throughout the summer - find complete schedules on our calendar. Admission to the site and events is free of charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the announcement by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that FDA will pursue a new Nutrition Innovation Strategy to reduce the burden of chronic disease through improved nutrition...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that the Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay the United States $479,000 to settle allegations that Poly-Carb, Inc. - a former Dow subsidiary - violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent materials certifications related to a federally-funded highway resurfacing project.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: For Junior Ranger Day on April 21 the National Park Service is inviting younger visitors to Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site for special activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Barclays Agrees to Pay $2 Billion in Civil Penalties to Resolve Claims for Fraud in the Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An inmate who is now serving a prison sentence at FCI McKean has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of robbing a Pittsburgh-area Jared Jewelry store in 2015, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -A federal grand jury indicted Martir Jandres a/k/a “Tono", age 42, of Frederick, Maryland, on a charge of conspiracy to commit human smuggling related to a years long operation to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States through Texas and then transport them throughout the country. The indictment was returned on March 16, 2018, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Jandres and the execution of a search warrant at his residence.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WRIGHT, Wyo. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), welcomed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to Wyoming coal country. Barrasso invited Pruitt to visit Wyoming. Pruitt's visit demonstrates a shared commitment to Wyoming natural resources powering the U.S. economy. Barrasso, Pruitt, and fellow Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi toured Black Thunder coal mine in Campbell County, Wyo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - An Ohio man has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation with four months home detention on his conviction of interfering with the duties of a flight crew, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Shyniquah Lightner, 26, and Malik Hudson, 21, both of Philadelphia, were charged today by Indictment[1] with sex trafficking of a minor, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the announcement by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that FDA will pursue a new Nutrition Innovation Strategy to reduce the burden of chronic disease through improved nutrition...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that the Mexican State of Chihuahua is free from fever ticks excluding Guadalupe y Calvo and Morelos municipalities. APHIS conducted an evaluation of Chihuahua’s fever tick status at the request of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Jim Lee Walker III, 26, of Muskegon, Michigan, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses, U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Walker is released from imprisonment.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
Release: (Washington, D.C., March 28, 2018) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a statement providing clarification on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight of plants produced through innovative new breeding techniques which include techniques called genome editing. Learn More
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EARL SIMMONS, an internationally known recording artist, performer, and actor known professionally as “DMX" and “X," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for tax fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -A New Orleans, Louisiana woman was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for her involvement in a $3.2 million Medicare fraud and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Zadgery Collins McNeil, age 32, of Rock Hill, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of Title 18, United States...
