News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The owners of two trucking companies that hauled tons of refuse and scrap metal through Rhode Island and Massachusetts were each sentenced today to 12 months probation and fined $1,250 for directing employees to falsify federally mandated United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR) and allow trucks in need of repair to remain on the road and haul waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Warren Alan Baxter (54, Cape Coral) to eight years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Baxter to forfeit his computer, hard drive, and cellphone, which he had used to facilitate the offense.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
Release: APHIS is proposing to recognize Romania as free of highly pathogenic avian influenza and Newcastle disease. As part of this proposal, APHIS prepared a risk evaluation, which determined that Romania's prevention and control measures are sufficient to minimize the likelihood of introducing either HPAI ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Christopher James Stracuzzi entered a guilty plea in federal court today, admitting that he distributed fentanyl that resulted in the death of a San Diego man. Stracuzzi is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 2, 2019, at 9 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Whelan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 288 months in prison for conspiring to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 20-year-old resident of Wilmer has been ordered to federal prison for a significant amount of time after committing multiple bank robberies and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Dublin, Ohio couple has been charged with crimes connected to stealing exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions.
By State Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the recent attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which was reportedly perpetrated with Iranian weapons:
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force was sentenced on Sept. 11, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Dolores, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Wednesday, September 25 in Dolores at the BLM Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 Highway 184 Dolores, CO 81323.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Oversight is necessary to ensure quality care in nursing homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 20-year-old resident of Wilmer has been ordered to federal prison for a significant amount of time after committing multiple bank robberies and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) today launched a bipartisan investigation into practices of private equity firms surrounding surprise billing. In letters to KKR & Co. Inc., Blackstone Group, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: A Houston, Texas-area hospital administrator was sentenced today for his role in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization programs.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) today launched a bipartisan investigation into practices of private equity firms surrounding surprise billing. In letters to KKR & Co. Inc., Blackstone Group, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 39-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced for attacking a Border Patrol (BP) agent with a flashlight, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Melecio Lopez-Hernandez pleaded guilty April 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 546-6986. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Sept. 16, 2019. SAN DIEGO - Christopher James Stracuzzi entered a guilty plea in federal court today, admitting that he distributed fentanyl that resulted in the death of a San Diego man. Stracuzzi will be sentenced on Dec. 2, 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715 or Amanda Griffith (619)546-8970.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a 10-year concessions opportunity for Columbia Island Marina and Washington Sailing Marina on the Potomac River. We’re looking for a passionate and innovative operator who’s committed to providing outstanding visitor services, to improving marina facilities, to upgrading food and beverage services and to preserving water quality near the marinas.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Leaders of the Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology Committees sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today demanding answers for the Agency’s ongoing attempts to undermine and discredit the role of science. In October of 2018, EPA disbanded...
