News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: A St. Lucie County resident was sentenced in federal court, on Jan. 28, 2019, for falsely claiming to be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, in order to apply for employment and obtain free medical services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Feb. 1, 2019, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Kenneth M. Smith, age 40, of Randallstown, Maryland, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child in which Smith sexually abused...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Pentec Health, Inc. (“Pentec") has agreed to pay the United States $17 million to settle allegations that Pentec submitted false claims to Medicare and other government healthcare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. - Sixteen of the defendants indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges as part of Operation Vanilla Gorilla have pled guilty in federal court, including the lead defendant in the gang.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) reintroduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 946) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced TONY MCNEIL, 28, of New Hanover County to 135 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jermaine Butler, a 27 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to 37 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a Zastava rifle after being convicted of Assault First Degree.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the nomination of David Bernhardt to serve as the next Secretary of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Feb. 1, 2019, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Kenneth M. Smith, age 40, of Randallstown, Maryland, to 35 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child in which Smith sexually abused...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Harold Dewayne Ennis, Jr., 48, of Allendale, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to theft of federal funds.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) reintroduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 946) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $166,360 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 51 acres of Civil War battlefields in North Carolina threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. The grant will be used to acquire portions of the Averasborough and Bentonville Battlefields, which are both significant Civil War Battlefields.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE LUIS MERINO HERNANDEZ, also known as “Jose Mendez," 50, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to seven months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported. Merino Hernandez is a citizen of Mexico last residing in Waterbury.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday reiterating their demand for documents and information on the agency’s lack of enforcement action.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday reiterating their demand for documents and information on the agency’s lack of enforcement action.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Frank Crawford III, age 22, formerly of Virginia, to 12 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receipt of child pornography in which he enticed a minor victim to send him sexually explicit photos...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday reiterating their demand for documents and information on the agency’s lack of enforcement action.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: FLORENCE, S.C. - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that James Latron Sumter, aka “T", 35, of Myrtle Beach has pled guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute a quantity of cocaine and heroin, the use of which resulted in serious bodily injury or death. This charge potentially carries a mandatory sentence of 20 years to life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Kenneth Tam pleaded guilty today to money laundering and witness tampering in connection with a scheme to sell stolen computer parts announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Kareem Carter. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An East West Bank branch manager who conspired to launder over $25,000 in cash by converting the currency into cashier’s checks was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison.
