News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Steven E. Ritter, 54, of Sharonville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison for sex trafficking a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Khalil Ahmad, age 51, of Hanover, Maryland, today to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for stalking his estranged wife. Ahmad solicited another individual to have his wife killed after he...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Many Victims of His Fraud Were Elderly and Disabled.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, April 10, 2019-Three scientists have earned a place in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Science Hall of Fame for their pioneering and impactful research in agriculture sustainability, swine disease and control, and fungi of major significance to agricultural production, food safety and public health.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Sanofi to reduce the price of insulin for qualifying patients to $99 a month.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today the conclusion of a multi-agency investigation and prosecution of 13 individuals from Kodiak, Alaska, for drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Two Nevada Family Members Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced markell desetten wiggins, also known as “Kell," 33, of Scotland Neck, North Carolina to 86 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Levinson: We are writing to you regarding an increasing number of reports that highlight concerning practices by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in state Medicaid programs. In August of this year, the state of Ohio publicly released the results of an audit examining PBM administration of Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Bruce Messer, Jr., age 51, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks sentenced Messer to the statutory maximum term of 120 months in federal prison, followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray and New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced today that 17 individuals have been charged with drug trafficking crimes as part of a joint investigation. Eleven individuals have been charged in federal court with participating in drug trafficking crimes involving suboxone and other controlled substances. Six individuals have been charged in the state court with drug trafficking crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to a proposal from House Democrats to expand Obamacare...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PATRICIA McALINDEN, LCSW, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and will pay more than $145,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A previously deported Salvadoran national pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston yesterday to failure to register as a sex offender and unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on April 10, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesse Hernandez of the Bronx, New York with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The indictment alleges that on March 20, 2019, Hernandez possessed with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Michigan Man who Joined ISIS is Charged with Additional Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Steven E. Ritter, 54, of Sharonville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison for sex trafficking a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a four-count indictment charging CLEMENTE HOLMES, also known as “Cavali" and “Vali," 29, of Hamden with firearm and narcotics offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced landmark legislation to strengthen Americans’ long-term financial security. The Setting...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and several of their Democratic colleagues...
