News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eric D. James, 32, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday to 188 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and money laundering. Reeves also ordered James to pay a fine of $2,000 and ordered the forfeiture of his interest in $586,369 in cash.
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today welcomed Carlos Vecchio, Chargé d'Affaires of Venezuela, and a delegation of members of interim President Juan Guaidó’s administration to the U.S. Senate. Risch and Vecchio were joined by Sens. Marco ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Sunoco Pipeline LP to Pay More Than $5.4 Million and Take Oil-Spill Prevention Steps to Settle Claims for Pipeline Spills in Three States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted today on federal charges of making calls to the office of Operation Rescue in which he threatened to injure employees and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. today sentenced Jayam Krishna Iyer (66, Clearwater) to six months in federal prison for committing health care fraud, ordered Iyer to forfeit over $52,000 in health care fraud proceeds, and order her to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for swindling two investors of $3.4 million by falsely representing that his businesses had secured lucrative contracts to sell olive oil to major retailers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - Pathology laboratory company Inform Diagnostics has agreed to pay $63.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today. Inform Diagnostics, formerly known...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service seeks to fill multiple surf-lifeguards jobs at all three units of Gateway National Recreation Area for the 2019 summer season. These positions are currently open on USAjobs.gov. The closing date for these jobs is Feb. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: ALBANY - The man charged with holding up an Albany bank at gunpoint has been denied bond today by a Federal Magistrate Judge, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Shataz Hampton, 25, of Albany is charged with one count of Bank Robbery and one count...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Trade is Top Issue for Iowa Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Esterbann Deneus (56, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office has implemented the annual seasonal motorized travel closure in the South Hills area to prevent resource damage and protect crucial mule deer winter range and sage-grouse habitat. The closure, which has gone into effect each winter since 2000, will be in place until March 15, 2019. The area is still open to the public for non-motorized use.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
Release: DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track" hiring event on Saturday, February 9, to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN). Starting pay is $18.70 per hour, with opportunities for pay increases after six months. TSA is looking to hire additional officers ahead of the busy summer travel period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cordelia Louisa Espinosa, 52, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced in federal court today to 36 months in prison for conspiracy and distribution of at least 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holland man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to drug and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that a grand jury returned a 116-count Indictment, charging Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98") Business Manager John Dougherty, Philadelphia City Councilman Robert...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derek Wayne Blanken, Jr., of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to destroying a mailbox, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Worldwide, an estimated 20.9 million people are victims of sex trafficking, forced labor, and domestic servitude, collectively known as human trafficking. It is estimated that human trafficking generates billions of dollars in illegal profits annually, making it second only to drug trafficking as the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - Beginning February 1st, the National Park Service (NPS) will temporarily close select areas in the Chisos Mountains to protect nesting falcons.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on climate change on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn...
