News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brennan McNeil, age 26, of Albany, New York, pled guilty yesterday to sexually exploiting a child for the purpose of producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, as we consider today’s narrow topic of class action lawsuits against intermediate care facilities that care for individuals with intellectual disabilities, we must be sure that our focus is always on this key question-how can we ensure that people with mental disabilities receive the best care possible, appropriate to their individual circumstances?
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) delivered the following opening statement at a Finance Committee hearing entitled, “Protecting E-commerce Consumers from Counterfeits.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Louis, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: On Saturday, March 3, 2018, a wildland fire was spotted in the Johnson’s Ranch area of Big Bend National Park. The fire is currently estimated to have burned 1,000 acres between Loop Camp and Gauging Station, primarily in mesquite and river cane vegetation along the river corridor. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer Michael Mazar, 39, of Hollywood, pled guilty in connection with a mail and wire fraud scheme orchestrated from a Miami federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Loren Redhead, 40, formerly of Hastings, New York, pled guilty today to possessing pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Bradley Brown, D.C., from Oelwein, Iowa, and his clinic, Brown Chiropractic, P.C., have agreed to pay $79,919 to resolve allegations Brown violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for chiropractic adjustments after providing free electrical stimulation to beneficiaries...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael McNeill was sentenced to 120 months in prison and Joshua Flynn was sentenced to 84 months in prison in connection with a multi-count indictment arising from a fraudulent telemarketing enterprise that often targeted elderly victims. Both defendants were also ordered to pay restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against W-2 Theft.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman, I look forward to working with you over the upcoming FY19 Appropriations season and I anticipate some spirited discussions, as we begin our hearings. I would also like to welcome Treasury Secretary Mnuchin back to the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Joshua Alexander Jimenez, 23, of El Paso, Texas, with a methamphetamine trafficking offense arising out of the seizure of 18 pounds of methamphetamine at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in southern New Mexico on Feb. 26, 2018. Jimenez was remanded into custody pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Roland Yockel, II, 31, of Hilton, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today praised Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s announcement that a new initiative - MyHealthEData - will put patients at the center of our nation’s healthcare system. Verma also announced the launch of Medicare’s Blue Button 2.0 and CMS’ intention to overhaul its Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Christopher Eads, 35, and Santana Keener, 26, of Casper, Wyoming, were sentenced on Feb. 22, 2018, and March 1, 2018, respectively, to serve sentences related to a June 3, 2017, drug trafficking investigation initiated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Wyoming Highway...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held the first in a series of hearings to address the maintenance backlog of the Department of the Interior (DOI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., area man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that JOEL ROSQUETTE, a/k/a “Rick," was arrested today for attempting to hire a hitman to murder three intended victims. ROSQUETTE was presented today in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker.
