News from February 2019
By Commerce News Now | Feb 6, 2019
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 6, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Woburn man was indicted today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of BARTON GEORGE SCOTT, 35, a registered sex offender, for producing child pornography. SCOTT, who was indicted on Sept. 12, 2018, entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Families United Services, Inc. (FUS) and Pamela McKenzie, the owner of FUS, have agreed to pay $645,000, and to be excluded from federal health care programs for a period of five years to resolve allegations that they submitted claims to the Georgia Medicaid Program for behavioral health services...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: In a hearing House Democrats scripted and orchestrated to distort the record and intimidate Americans with pre-existing conditions, Committee Republicans seized the opportunity to affirm their commitment to Americans with pre-existing health conditions and shed new light on the ways a strong economy gives all Americans the healthcare options they desperately need.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will soon replace several deteriorating or flood-damaged restroom facilities at various locations in the park. New vault toilets will be installed at Rocky Falls, Shawnee Creek Campground, Buck Hollow Access, and Rymers Access. New water-borne restrooms...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Hays resident Geneva Nadeau, convicted of sexually abusing and photographing a child, was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison and to 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 4, 2019, Victor James Long, Sr., 34, of San Carlos, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 37 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Long had previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today on charges of receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Justice Department today announced that PHH Mortgage Corporation (PHH) has agreed to pay $750,000 to six servicemembers to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by unlawfully foreclosing on their homes without obtaining the required court orders.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced the addition of new Committee staff members Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of OMAR KASHAKA TAYLOR a/k/a “Shaka," 44, for sex trafficking two victims, including one minor victim. Following a seven-day trial before Senior Judge Donovan W. Frank in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota, the jury found TAYLOR guilty on all counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Joshua Box, age 35, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in federal prison followed by thirty years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a total...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: DENVER - VMJ Construction, LLC (“VMJ") and its owner, Colorado resident Michael T. Vigil, as well as Maryland-based Vigil Contracting, Inc. (“Vigil Contracting") and its Operations Manager, John J. Vigil, have agreed to pay the United States $3.6 million to resolve allegations that they defrauded the Small Business Administration (“SBA") 8(a) Business Development Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlique DeBerry, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl causing death, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that the last defendant in a Winn Parish methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Monday. United States District Judge Dee D. Drell sentenced Jeremy Laraun Mamon, also known as “Pop C" and “Rilo," 36, of Winnfield, Louisiana, to 16 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Prescribed Fire Planned at Cumberland Island National Seashore.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Tomorrow the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold its first hearing of the 116th Congress on, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot Wait". The hearing will examine the current state of the Nation’s highways, bridges, transit systems, ports, and airports, the trillion-dollar backlog of maintenance and repair needs, and the increasing costs of Federal inaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A suspended nurse practitioner has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of dispensing and distributing controlled substances and conspiring to distribute and dispense controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
