News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shannon Lambert, 33, of Canandaigua, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with obtaining controlled substances by fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Ehrhart, age 48, of Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 19 months’ imprisonment on April 15, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for defrauding a...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $39 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects that aim to improve oil and natural gas technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse of an 8 year-old victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES BECKISH and JOSEPH ANTHONY DEMARIA were sentenced to 48 and 36 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man, BRIAN KOTLIENTHONG, 32, appeared in federal court today following a grand jury indictment charging him with three counts of distributing cocaine and three counts of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pharmacy chain CVS Pharmacy, Inc., has agreed to pay $535,000 to resolve the United States’ allegations that several of its Rhode Island stores violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling invalid prescriptions, announced DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Santiago Silva-Ortiz (28, Colombia) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $39 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects that aim to improve oil and natural gas technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two San Fernando Valley brothers have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges, admitting that they conspired to distribute powerful narcotics such as hydrocodone and oxycodone via sham medical clinics that hired corrupt doctors who wrote fraudulent prescriptions to black market customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 15, 2019, Shane Tyreke Mann, 21, of Tonalea, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 33 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Mann had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has issued a Notice of Intent for a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) expected to fund cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects on next-generation coal gasification technologies that have lower capital costs than traditional utility-scale plants.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) announced the introduction of the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 today. Pallone unveiled the legislation at an event in New Jersey alongside public health advocates. The new legislation aims to address the sharp rise in use of tobacco and e-cigarette products among young people.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man today admitted to staging a fake robbery of a Union County, New Jersey, pawnshop for the purpose of perpetrating an insurance fraud and to distributing illegal drugs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that communities across Alaska will soon receive a total of $10,990,708 to fund schools and local budget priorities. The payments are being provided through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, which Murkowski successfully reauthorized and funded through Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 in the FY2018 omnibus appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A stateless national was indicted today in federal court in Boston for visa fraud and making false statements regarding acts of violence he committed against the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) along the Gaza-Israel border.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 35-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for carjacking and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal jury sitting in Houston convicted Sean Rodriguez Sept. 26, 2018, after approximately three hours of deliberation following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Announcement comes on the heels of National Crime Victims Rights Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Michael Bean, 33, of Loudon, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine.
