News from May 2018
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, at the Joint Select Committee on Solvency and Multiemployer Pensions hearing on the structure and financial outlook of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) asked W. Thomas Reeder, Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, why the retirement crisis has not received the same attention as other pressing issues...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached settlement agreements with ProHealth Physicians, Inc. (“ProHealth") and Udolf 631, LLC (“Udolf Properties") to resolve allegations that a ProHealth office in West Hartford was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three high-ranking leaders of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, including the “Godfather" of the organization, who also served as “Chairman" of the UBN, were convicted today of racketeering conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Repeat Offender Caught After Fleeing From Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 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 Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that WILLIAM TIERNEY, a/k/a “Bill Johnson," and ROBERT TIERNEY...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A River Edge, New Jersey, man was arrested today for allegedly concealing prior criminal activity involving sexual intercourse with a child on his naturalization application, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on May 14, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALLAN ARZU MATAMOROS-BANEGAS (“MATAMOROS-BANEGAS"), age 31, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information that charged him with illegal use of a social security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child, was sentenced on May 14, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 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 Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that WILLIAM TIERNEY, a/k/a “Bill Johnson," and ROBERT TIERNEY...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, JOHN DEVERE BATTLE, 25, of Durham, was convicted in a four-day jury trial before Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard. The jury found BATTLE guilty of 12 counts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- The United States Attorney’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; SC Department of Employment and Workforce; SC Works; SC Vocational Rehabilitation; SC Department of Social Services; and the US Probation Office are continuing their statewide partnership to help individuals with prior criminal backgrounds secure employment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Stalking and Mailing Threatening Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five individuals were sentenced today for bribing doctors in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced that the committee will convene a hearing on improving health care in rural America. The hearing will take place on May 24 at 9 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 215.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been sentenced to federal prison on charges of sex trafficking of a child as well as firearms and drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Marcus Anthony Tunchez was convicted...
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today held a business meeting to advance 22 lands-related measures and the nomination of Aimee Jorjani to be chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed seven bipartisan measures, including the Cambodia Democracy Act (H.R. 5754), which promotes free and fair elections, political freedoms and human rights in Cambodia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Raleigh County teenager who stole twenty-four firearms from a federally licensed dealer pled guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Dillon Jackson, 18, entered his guilty plea to stealing firearms from the premises of a person licensed to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Mikelinich, age 52, of Wingdale, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a 12-gauge, semi-automatic shotgun during the time he resided in Columbia County, New York.
