News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - 2nd Chance, PLLC (“2nd Chance"), a substance abuse treatment center in Lexington, has agreed to pay $200,494 to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits causing the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Vienna, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of traveling with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity with a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: An illegal alien who pulled a gun on his girlfriend during an argument has been sentenced to 42.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the notification to Congress of the proposed sale of F-16s to Taiwan:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: FBI Announces the Arrest of a Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - Beginning Aug. 21-Sept. 30, the Bureau of Land Management Socorro Field Office plans to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County, weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office and the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests issued respective decisions on a proposed oil and gas development project on existing Federal leases 12 miles northeast of Paonia, Colo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - An Ashland addiction treatment specialist, Dr. Rose O. Uradu, and her substance abuse treatment center, Ultimate Care Medical Services, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Treatment Center, have agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve civil allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act, and defrauded the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Earlier today, a federal jury in Hattiesburg found that Plaintiff Warren Flowers, a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who had been fired by the agency, failed to prove that his termination was the result of retaliation for filing a claim of discrimination against his supervisors, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: Akasha Crime Family Leader Baktash Akasha Abdalla Sought to Import Large Quantities of Heroin and Methamphetamine into the United States, Conspired to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Participated in Bribery Scheme in an Unsuccessful Effor.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced $59 million for 43 projects for new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. Funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, these projects address priorities in ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Beginning Aug. 21-Sept. 30, the Bureau of Land Management Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 1,800 acres within the El Malpais National Conservation Area (NCA), weather permitting. Fire managers estimate it will take several periods of approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Andrew Lee Coleman, age 65, of Osceola Mills, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on Aug. 13, 2019, for concealment of assets and false statements in bankruptcy proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Sheila M. Sweeney, 62, of Ladue, was sentenced to three years’ probation for Misprision of a Felony and ordered to pay a fine of $20,000. Sweeney appeared today before U.S. District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation will host the summer meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) Federal Advisory Committee on Aug. 21 and 22 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The AMWG brings together diverse interests and research focused on Glen Canyon Dam operations...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 44 Arkansas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds, lightning, and tornadoes that occurred since Sept. 20, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kody Oscar Maynard, age 31, of McAlester, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident with an extensive criminal history of sex offenses against children was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervision for possession of 550 images and 27 videos of child exploitation.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
News Release: WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. TIME: 10:00 a.m. PST. PURPOSE & BACKGROUND. The 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons were the two deadliest wildfire seasons in U.S. history. Forecasters predict the potential for large-scale wildfires in 2019 to be higher-than-average in California and in other areas of the...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 296,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
