News from April 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Congressman Mike...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: An owner of a Florida medical clinic was sentenced to serve 91 months in prison today for her role in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: I’d like to thank our witness, Dr. James Matthews, Executive Director for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, more commonly known as MedPAC. MedPAC provides a valuable service to lawmakers in Congress, as an independent, non-partisan commission providing data analysis and policy recommendations to improve the Medicare system. We value this input and appreciate the work of the commission.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), former governor of Delaware and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after meeting with President Trump and Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: I’d like to thank our witness, Dr. James Matthews, Executive Director for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, more commonly known as MedPAC. MedPAC provides a valuable service to lawmakers in Congress, as an independent, non-partisan commission providing data analysis and policy recommendations to improve the Medicare system. We value this input and appreciate the work of the commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park encourages the public to get ready for boating and fishing season, which begins on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Boaters and anglers should clean, drain, and dry all equipment prior to arriving in the park to minimize the risk of introducing aquatic invasive species (AIS) into Yellowstone’s waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jalon Moore, 22, of Saint Louis, Larry Rhines, 22, of Collinsville, Illinois, and Garry Johnson, 21, of Saint Louis, were charged last Thursday for their respective roles in a string of armed robberies. The indictment was unsealed this morning. In it, the three men are charged with robbery and firearms conspiracies, as well as the robberies themselves and the use of firearms to commit each of those robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was sentenced and a Lawrence woman pleaded guilty on Friday, April 26, 2019, in federal court in Boston for their roles in separate fentanyl conspiracies operating in the Merrimack Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Thomas Ray Beaird, 41, of Shreveport, was sentenced Thursday to 12 months and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote for attempting to purchase a firearm from a pawn shop. He was also sentenced to one year of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gene James, 29, of Calvert County, MD, has been sentenced to over seventeen years in jail stemming from his involvement in a shooting and armed carjacking of an Uber driver that occurred on Nov. 19, 2016, in Southeast, Washington, DC, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Yates, North Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance and Theft by an Employee of an Indian Gaming Establishment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Luis Cirino, also known as “Gordo" and “G," 42, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man was arrested Friday night after he received what he thought was a live bomb, but in fact was an inert explosive device that was delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer as part of an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Tyrique F. Williams, a former officer with Georgia’s Department of Community Supervision, has been charged with accepting bribe payments from a parolee in exchange for allowing the parolee to avoid wearing an ankle monitor, taking polygraph examinations, and attending treatment classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 58-year-old man is set to appear in Houston federal court on allegations contained in a 10-count indictment to include conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, wire fraud and violations of a federal money laundering statute, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019 – USDA extended the deadline to May 17 from May 1 for agricultural producers to certify 2018 crop production for payments through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), which helps producers who have been significantly affected by foreign tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., April 29, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers Market kicks off its 24th season on May 3 with an opening performance by local band “Granny and the Boys.” The farmers market is located next to the USDA Headquarters at 12th and Independence Ave., S.W., and runs every ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today released the following statement on the publication of the Office of Personnel Management's Final Rule for Compensatory Time Off for Religious Observances: "The federal government has been strengthened and enriched by the service of people of faith from the very ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Leaders of the antitrust agencies of the United States this past week participated in bilateral meetings in Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea. Deputy Assistant Attorneys General Roger Alford and Richard Powers, together with Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, participated ...
