News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Kansas Cardiologist and His Practice Pay $5.8 Million to Resolve Alleged False Billings for Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2019
Release: LYNCHBURG, Va. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer is expected to be the highest in years with 263 million passengers and crew projected to pass through security checkpoints nationwide from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend - Thursday, May 23, through Tuesday, September 3.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today released for public review and comment a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing a range of alternatives for managing wild horses and burros on public lands along the California-Nevada border northeast of Susanville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - James Falk, 38, of Preston, Connecticut, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to transport stolen goods, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: It was one of the great thrills of my life to return to my alma mater, May 11, to give the commencement address to graduates of West Virginia University’s John Chambers College of Business and Economics. I’m a West Virginian at heart, still live in the state, and both my husband and children attended...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Payne, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day incarceration for his involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-level member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang has been arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly selling wholesale quantities of heroin on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 22-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of harboring aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - The Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows from Flaming Gorge Dam on the Green River in Northern Utah beginning Monday, June 3. The Green River is a major tributary to the Colorado River. Higher release flows are based on current reservoir and river conditions, snowmelt projections, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury convicted George Earl White Jr., 36, of Alexandria, for his role in distributing illegal narcotics in Rapides Parish.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County woman who sold heroin and fentanyl to an informant and possessed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine pled guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jessica Lynn Hall, 29, of Fayetteville, entered a guilty plea to possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The former owner of a Chicago medical clinic was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison for selling opioid prescriptions to patients whom he knew lacked a legitimate medical need for the drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TOSHIREA JACKSON, 50, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four people were arrested today in connection in a scheme to defraud banks by using stolen and altered identities to fraudulently obtain credit cards and then using those cards to make over $2.5 million in charges that were never repaid, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Rain Olson Daugherty was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for robbing two San Francisco banks, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable William H. Orrick, United States District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: A Search and Rescue at Mount Rainier National Park today responded to six climbers caught in a rockfall at 10,400 feet yesterday evening. Two of the climbers were flown off the mountain and transported to local hospitals, while a third died on the mountain. The remaining three climbers were uninjured.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced COURTNEY DANIEL DAVIS, 41, of Raleigh to 192 months’ imprisonment, followed by 6 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Terry F. Moorer accepted the guilty plea of Tee-Henry Wulu Currens, 22, on May 23, 2019, to the violation of 18 United States Code 2421-Transporting Any Individual in Interstate Commerce Intending to that Individual Engage in Prostitution.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD - The official start of the summer season offers enhanced visitor enjoyment through extended hours and the opening of the newly restored Sculptor’s Studio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jermelle Cotton, 38, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced...
