News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Christopher Cole, a 46-year-old resident of Billings, and Nathan Hale, A 39-year-old resident of Frenchtown, were sentenced today to 72 months and 120 months in prison respectively to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy handed down the sentence. The methamphetamine recovered from Cole was more than 98% pure and contained 1352 doses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted in federal court for distribution of methamphetamine, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Stantisha D. Kemp, an accounting manager who embezzled over $1.5 million dollars from her employer over a six-year period, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Yosemite National Park, March 26, 2018 - Yosemite Conservancy is providing $12.5 million in support to Yosemite National Park to improve the Bridalveil Fall visitor experience, rebuild a section of the trail around Tenaya Lake and collect data using 3-D aerial mapping to improve resource management parkwide, among 36 projects funded in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Brandon Spicer, 42, of Franklin, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of receipt of child pornography, a crime punishable by at least five years and up to 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on March 28, 2018, Cassandra Rae Nemeiksis, (neh-MEHK-sis), 25, of Lincoln, was sentenced to five years and 10 months, (70 months), in prison for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Lincoln area between December of 2014 and June of 2017. Following the prison term, Nemeiksis will serve four years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: CenterLight Healthcare Admits That 186 Adult Home Residents Did Not Receive Required Services During Certain Months and That It Failed to Timely Dis-enroll Residents From Its Managed Long-Term Care Plan.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Washington - 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: District Court Orders Florida Company to Stop Distributing Adulterated and Misbranded Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Jerry Wilkinson, 42, of Amelia, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to receiving and distributing child pornography by using a peer-to-peer file-sharing Internet application to locate, download, distribute and view it.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Memorandum of agreement signing brings the Manhattan Project National Historical Park to life, thanks to the hard work and talents of numerous women. Read the full article here: /articles/women-and-race-manhattan-project-national-historical-park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Following Day of Testimony about Assault, Defendant Pleads Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 26, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging two individuals for trafficking firearms without a license, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is in charge of the investigation of the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Robin Jo Rose, 31, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison, to be followed by ten years of supervised release, for her role in distributing methamphetamine, U. S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U. S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Rose forfeit $7,000 in cash. Rose pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 30, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma regarding proposed changes affecting Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D programs payments and policies for 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Cody Joslin, age 32,.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the costs of implementing and administering harmful policies in recently approved Section 1115 Medicaid waivers that would impose significant burdens on beneficiaries and require substantial bureaucratic efforts to operate.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the costs of implementing and administering harmful policies in recently approved Section 1115 Medicaid waivers that would impose significant burdens on beneficiaries and require substantial bureaucratic efforts to operate.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a public comment letter urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to withdraw a harmful proposed rule that would allow hospitals, doctors, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Eight Democratic Committee leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate sent a letter today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding troubling reports of reassignments of members of the Senior Executive Service (SES). Reports indicate as many as 33 SES members may have been reassigned...
