News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A Strawberry Plains, Tennessee woman, who billed Virginia Medicaid for services that were not completed, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to one count of federal health care fraud, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Reginald Lawrence, 53, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 65 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for possessing heroin with intent to distribute and for possessing two firearms in furtherance of that offense. Lawrence pleaded guilty to these charges on Nov. 21, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorneys from Oklahoma share Attorney General William Barr’s concerns with sanctuary policies in some cities across our nation expressed yesterday at the National Sheriffs' Association conference. (See remarks here.) U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing, Western District of Oklahoma, U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Jennifer Rabuck, a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) zone fire management officer (FMO) on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Hayward, Wisconsin, has been named as the wildland fire safety specialist for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Wildland Fire. Jennifer fills the vacant position left when Chad Fisher became the wildland fire operations program leader in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey individuals have admitted their roles in a scheme to steal checks worth more than $75,000 from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in Chester, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Kentucky counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Fayette, Fleming, Jessamine, and Scott counties who suffered losses due to drought and high temperatures that have occurred since Aug. 28, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former owner of a Ramsey, New Jersey, car dealership is scheduled to make his initial court appearance and be arraigned today on charges that he defrauded his customers and lenders, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced a settlement with Lackawanna County under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act to improve physical accessibility at the county’s polling places for individuals who use wheel chairs and other mobility aids, and for individuals who are blind or have vision impairments.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: GLEN JEAN, WV- New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced that the park will host a community meeting on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center in Lansing, WV. Park staff will present an overview of upcoming park projects and then allow time for questions and answers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Anton P. Bogdanov, a citizen of Russia, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon to wire fraud conspiracy and computer intrusion in connection with a scheme in which he and others used stolen personal information to file federal tax returns and fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 million in tax refunds from the Department of the Treasury. When sentenced, Bogdanov faces up to 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - James Deshawn Whitelow, 24, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two New York counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Onondaga and Orleans counties who suffered losses due to hail that occurred on Aug. 15 and 16, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Michael F. McPherson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Tampa Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Manuel Bolivar, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico appeared in federal court in Albuquerque today for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him possession of a machine gun, possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham-area doctor for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - JEAN LOUI VARGAS-MALAVE. On Jan. 31, Jean Loui Vargas-Malave, 29, was sentenced 10 years in federal custody for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Vargas-Malave agreed to smuggle controlled substances onto commercial airlines at the Dallas/Ft. Worth International...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Hamilton, Texas, March 6-7 at the Circle T Arena. The two-day event, featuring 75 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 6. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, March 6, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 7. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and Labor advanced the Ban Surprise Billing Act (H.R. 5800), a bipartisan proposal to protect patients from devastating surprise medical bills. The legislation builds on various bipartisan solutions to shield patients from unexpected out-of-pocket health care costs.
