News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore, of the Southern District of Alabama (SDAL), announces that Heritage Compounding Pharmacy, LLC (Heritage), and its pharmacist owners, Christopher and Marti Burgess, of Fairhope, Alabama, have agreed to pay over $1.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) stemming from the payment of illegal kickbacks and the implementation of a refill scheme of medically unnecessary pain creams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Connecticut investment manager has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that swindled his friends and family members, including victims in the Chicago area.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tina M. Cappetta, a committed team-builder and park manager with more than 31 years’ experience, will serve as the next superintendent of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Md. She begins her assignment Jan. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Maryland Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Returns and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Woods, 57, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 41 months in prison on charges that he stole more than $560,000 from the company and paid more than $140,000 in bribes to a former D.C. government employee to facilitate his theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, which led to the overdose death of at least one individual.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon today sentenced Daprix Devon Gadson (29, Ocala) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as an armed career criminal and for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Gadson had pleaded guilty on September 5, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Joshua David Jordan (30, Seffner) to 25 years in federal prison for two counts of discharging a firearm during and in relation to attempted carjackings and one count of arson. The court also ordered Jordan to pay $82,200 in restitution to the victims of his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Related Charleston Pharmacy Previously Shut Down.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: TentLogix, Inc., a Florida corporation headquartered in Fort Piece, Florida, and corporate officer Gary Hendry, 52, of Jenson Beach, Florida, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, for their participation in a conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two former verification pharmacists at New England Compounding Center (NECC) have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced that Dr. Raymond Michael Moore, 61, of Wise, Va., who had a medical practice in Norton, Va., pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Abingdon, to fourteen federal charges...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center, located at the Fordyce Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, will be closed on Christmas Eve, December 24 and Christmas Day, December 25 and reopen on Thursday, December 26 at 9 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Alonzo Anagal, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 15 years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Anagal had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and assault of a child resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: JEROME, Ida.- The Southern Idaho Parks has selected Kurt Ikeda as the first education specialist to jointly manage the education program of three of Idaho’s national parks: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Minidoka National Historic Site, and Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Defendant has prior convictions for rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and a child pornography offense.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency’s many successful efforts over the past year. “It’s been a challenging but productive year, with our dedicated employees working tirelessly to meet our mission of protecting American ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - A federal indictment was returned today against Jalen Exavier Simms, 24, of Saint Louis, for his role in the June 3, 2019 death of victim Jabari Clark. The indictment specifically charges Simms with one count of the attempted carjacking of victim Clark’s 2012 Dodge Ram truck and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of that carjacking that resulted in victim Clark’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Child Abuse.
