News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Charles Raymond Stagner, 36, of Saraland, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on his conviction on two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Stagner was convicted by a jury following...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Two prime contractors at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) earned the Legacy of Stars award at the 34th annual National Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association (VPPPA) Symposium held recently in Nashville, Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act, a bill that restricts the importation of African lions and other sport-hunted species that have been proposed for listing under the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: At approximately 1:55 p.m. (MST) on Saturday, Sept. 22, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch received a Marine 16 distress call that a person had gone overboard and they had been unable to locate the party for 25 minutes. The National Park Service responded with four vessels from Halls Crossing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Former NSA Employee Sentenced to Prison for Willful Retention of Classified National Defense Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Rico Paris Gillespie, a/k/a “Rico G The Mayor," 31, of Anchorage, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to serve 87 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for his conviction of distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Doug Collins (R-GA), released the following statements after introducing the American Royalties Too (ART) Act of 2018 in the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation will provide a measure of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bipartisan leaders from committees of jurisdiction in both the House and Senate today announced an agreement on sweeping legislation to combat the opioid crisis. In June, the House passed H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act by a vote of 396-14. On September 17th, the Senate...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a new program to address hazards from exposure to fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate (FGAN) and agricultural anhydrous ammonium. The Regional Emphasis Program (REP) will be effective in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division announced today that Andrew Culliton, 38, of West Seneca, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Joseph Woloszyn, 32, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of obstruction of justice and four counts of perjury, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the sentencing of four local physicians, a biller, and office manager following a four week trial that ended on May 9, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jamar McMillan, age 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2018, to 20 years’ imprisonment and four years supervised release by Chief United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Hospital Chain Will Pay Over $260 Million to Resolve False Billing and Kickback Allegations; One Subsidiary Agrees to Plead Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced grant awards to Public Safety Partnership member sites as part of $10 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement departments and agencies and their partners who are fighting violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts of those drugs are inevitably released into the laboratory environment. When chemists scoop a bit of powder to test it, for instance, microscopic particles can become airborne and later settle on nearby surfaces. Particles can also be spread by touch. To some degree, this is an unavoidable byproduct of the testing process, and it can result in detectable background levels of drugs in the lab.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage woman was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess to serve eight months in federal prison for defrauding the state of Alaska Medicaid Program out of $90,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - David Prejean, a former Sergeant in the K-9 Unit of the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office (IPSO), was sentenced Monday to serve 30 months in prison and one year supervised release on his guilty plea to violating the civil rights of a detainee, announced David C. Joseph, the U.S. Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 239,630 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Dontray Johnson, a/k/a “Gambino," “Bino," and “Tray," age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to racketeering and drug conspiracies related to their participation in the gang activities of the Murdaland Mafia Piru (MMP), a subset of the Bloods gang. As part of his gang activities, Johnson admitted committing two murders, and to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
