News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography and access with intent to view child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - After a multiple-year investigation and the government’s intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit, Hart to Heart Ambulance Services, d/b/a/ Hart to Heart Transportation Services has agreed to pay the United States $1,250,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to Medicare for ambulance transport that was not medically necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Reginald Milligan has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for possessing a firearm after prior felony convictions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hadley Police Department officer was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for using unreasonable force during an arrest and then falsifying a police report of the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 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 KEVIN EARL ELROD, 28, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina to 197 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Wednesday to four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts State Police Trooper was sentenced today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Support of Microcomputers Associates (“SOMA") has agreed to a judgment against it in the amount of $300,000 for selling printers and other equipment to federal agencies that was manufactured in China and other non-compliant countries.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine opportunities and challenges for advanced geothermal energy development in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, will hold a hearing to examine natural disaster recovery and preparedness in the wake of climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - Three members of an international drug trafficking organization were sentenced on June 18, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to prison terms ranging from 24 to 32 months for distributing more than a thousand kilograms of illegal marijuana. The defendants pleaded guilty in March 2019, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly man pleaded guilty today to sending nine letters, one of which contained a white powder the defendant described as anthrax and another containing a red substance he described as blood infected with the AIDS virus, to the online dating website OkCupid.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Garryowen woman who admitted killing a man by running over him with a minivan as he was walking along a road on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and to five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Defendant Beat Victim With a Metal U-Lock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Fifteen people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine in Lorain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Randy Dale Land (58, Orlando) to 20 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. Land had pleaded guilty on March 28, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CANTON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Ohio Gratings Inc. - a manufacturer of aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon products based in Canton, Ohio - for exposing employees to respiratory, chemical, and other hazards. OSHA cited the company for 17 serious and five other-than-serious safety and health violations, and faces penalties of $183,748.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Aaron Camp has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for possessing a firearm after prior felony convictions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: New Park Film for Haleakalā National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Floyd Chase, 49, of Brewer, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee. He pled guilty on Nov. 26, 2018.
