News from September 2019
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: Customer service is a priority for this Department and taking stakeholder input seriously is an integral part of ensuring optimal service is delivered. Today’s final rule adjusting timelines for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements is the latest example of this.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that ANDREW ANDERSON, age 38, a resident of LaPlace, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Sept. 23, 2019 to a three-count Superseding Bill of Information. In Count One, ANDERSON pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring responsible for smuggling over 20 kilograms of cocaine into central Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a public meeting on October 9, 2019 in Chester, MT to update the public on recreation and resource management issues around Lake Elwell (Tiber Reservoir). Topics of discussion will include information on fisheries and wildlife management, aquatic invasive species, recreation improvements, and use of Reclamation lands.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern Colorado Area Office will be testing the emergency siren system at its water treatment plant near Mountain Valley Estates in Leadville, Colorado on October 9 at 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Tysheen Cooper, Michael Liburd and Maurice Washington, members of the West End Enterprise, a Coney Island-based street gang, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn on September 24 and Sept. 25, 2019 to a racketeering conspiracy involving their participation in the murder of Antwon Flowers. The guilty pleas were entered before United States District Court Judge Pamela K. Chen.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Texas state district judge has been ordered to federal prison following his multiple convictions of conspiracy, bribery and obstructing justice, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening remarks today at a full committee markup of H.Res. 543, H.R. 3289, H.R. 4270, H. Res. 517, H.Res. 387, H.Res. 552, H.Res. 521...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing "Federal Trade Commission: Protecting Consumers and Fostering Competition in the 21st Century".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Two men from Northwest Ohio were sentenced to prison for crimes related to child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Acadia National Park has dedicated a monument in honor of Karl A. Jacobson who was killed in the line of duty in 1938 at Acadia National Park. The monument is located at the Schoodic Woods Ranger Station in the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that a Bill of Information was filed Sept. 24, 2019 against AARON JEFFREY DENN, age 34, of Metairie charging him with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today an expansive health care fraud enforcement operation across the Gulf Coast, involving charges against a total of 11 individuals across four federal districts for their alleged involvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that the owners of E-Z Pharmacy in Philadelphia have agreed to pay $1,100,000 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Florida and Georgia Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges against 67 Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an international money laundering scheme.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was found guilty after a three-day jury trial of distribution of crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a full committee hearing on "U.S. Policy in Mexico and Guatemala: Ensuring Effective Policies to Address the Crisis at the Border", with witness testimonies from the Honorable Kirsten ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act)...
