News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Today the government is unsealing charges against three individuals who are facing fraud charges in connection to a public corruption investigation in Dayton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the Central Virginia region and making a false declaration to a federal grand jury.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nevada - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District will have Christmas tree cutting permits available for purchase November 25 through December 24 at the Winnemucca District Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Permits are also available at the Pershing County Farm Service Agency, located at 110 American Blvd., Lovelock, NV, 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of North Carolina has been sentenced in federal court to one day of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo announced that 15 individuals have been charged with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in and around Waterbury.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Why It’s Smart for Republicans to Act on Prescription Drug Prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-An ex-St. Vincent Healthcare nurse who admitted swapping a patient’s pain pills for an over the counter medication, leaving the patient in pain, was sentenced today to four years of probation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.- U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, questioned judicial nominee Steven Menashi, former Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Drew Alexander Ragsdale, a/k/a “Drew Down", age 21, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: The former Acting Police Chief of Olney, Texas has pleaded guilty to threatening an individual at gunpoint following an investigation by the FBI Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CLAYTON LEROY BOWER, 43, of Norman, has been arrested for robbing Chase Bank in Norman, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: In El Paso this morning, federal and state authorities arrested 27-year-old Jose Alejandro Vaquera for allegedly impersonating a federal agent, stated U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Eisenreich, El Paso Division; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Special Agent in Charge Charles Anderson and El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has released awards totaling more than $2.3 billion to state victim assistance and compensation programs, funding thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and providing millions in compensation to victims of crime.
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: We write to express our serious concern about the status of the New START Treaty. Our concerns are amplified given that the senior officials at the State Department who would lead our arms control negotiations to either extend or replace New START are not in place. The Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal magistrate ordered that a 21-year-old local university student be detained without bond pending trial for allegedly enticing minors into engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Two former owners and an employee of an ambulance services provider headquartered in Guam pleaded guilty yesterday for their roles in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme that resulted in a loss to the United States of approximately $10.8 million. This is one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases prosecuted nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for illegally possessing an AM-15 rifle and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kayla Dade, 20, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to Hobbs Act robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Former Missouri Hospital Executive Pleads Guilty to Pass-Through Billing Scheme that Caused Over $100 Million in Losses.
