News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Kirby Gant (56, Bradenton) to 21 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and hydrocodone, and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged his colleagues to pass the House version of right to try today by unanimous consent on the Senate floor, and called on the House to pass his bill, S. 204.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) is working closely with its private and public partners to address the growing cyber threat to the Nation’s energy delivery systems by developing game-changing solutions that will allow future energy systems to be inherently secure, resilient, and self-healing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - The United States filed a civil lawsuit today against Central Medical Systems, LLC (CMS) and Alan Trent Harley alleging that they had falsely billed Medicare for wound care supplies during a six-year period. The complaint alleges that CMS and its owner, Harley, violated the federal False Claims Act by seeking and receiving inflated Medicare payments for more expensive products than had been provided to patients or for products that were never sent.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev.-The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Isabella Pearl Project located approximately six miles north of Luning, NV, in Mineral County. The BLM is seeking public comments and input on this EA and public input under Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Owen Jones, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, appeared today before a federal magistrate judge to face an illegal possession of ammunition charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced yesterday that ROY DAVID MELANCON, age 39, of Independence, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count Indictment with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including children as young as approximately six months old.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - In keeping with its belief that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands, the Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District Office has collaborated with a local citizen group to co-sponsor a sale of trained wild horses from the Beaty Butte Herd Management Area the weekend of April 13-14.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore officials have closed the Battery Cooper Loop Road in the Fort Pickens Area effective immediately. An Architectural and Engineering firm conducted an inspection of the structural integrity and condition of the tower this week in preparation for a major...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Omar Bell, age 34, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on March 22, 2018, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to serve 52 months in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Luzerne County during 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raylan Reano, 25, an enrolled member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH JOHNS, age 46, of Rosharon, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to 2 years probation and $750.00 fine, for making false statements to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Safety and Incident Investigation Division (SIID) of the United States Department of Interior in relation to the veracity of blowout preventer testing on an offshore oil and gas platform.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement to mark the eighth year since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raylan Reano, 25, an enrolled member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for 152 of the 170 parcels offered at the sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raj Chopra, 54, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of accessory after the fact to a false statement under the Clean Air Act, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to one year probation. Chopra’s company, Comprehensive...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Jason Albert Leslie, Jr. 26, of Miami, Florida, and Tafari Shaile Lawrence, 29, also of Miami, Florida, were sentenced in federal court in Casper to prison terms for their roles in a credit card fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen. Mr. Lawrence was sentenced by United...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of ALIREZA JALALI, 39, to 15 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States. JALALI, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2017, was sentenced today before United States District Judge Joan N. Ericksen in Minneapolis, Minn.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and provide a path for using MRI to make precise and traceable measurements inside the human body. It culminates many years of research by NIST scientists working at the frontier of quantitative medical imaging for precision medicine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Subhash Jay pleaded guilty today to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and filing a false tax return announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, United States District Judge, in San Francisco.
