News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Darlene Michelle Sturdevant, 61, of Vancouver, Wash., was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin throughout the Portland metropolitan area, possessing with intent to distribute heroin, and committing an offense while on release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Ray Scott, 39, Winnesboro, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Wisconsin. This prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on “Paving the Way for Funding and Financing Infrastructure Investments" on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANNIE DARLING, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Idaho man was sentenced for multiple Lacey Act violations by unlawfully providing guided bear and moose hunts in the Noatak National Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Ryan P. Sheridan, 39, the owner and operator of Braking Point Recovery Center, which operated in the Youngstown and Columbus areas, was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for crimes related to a health care fraud conspiracy where Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services, much of which were not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion Attempted to Travel Overseas to Join Lashkar e-Tayyiba.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - On Sept. 16, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of two single-family residences, located at 1577 Hoolehua Street in Pearl City and 94-103 Pupupuhi Street in Waipahu, which were alleged to be operating as illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Byron Keith Goines, age 25, of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, to 90 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the federal charge of theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee’s inventory, in connection with the burglary of a Halethorpe, Maryland gun dealer on Jan. 21, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed wild horse gather, removal, and the use of population growth suppression in the Swasey Herd Management Area (HMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Hansel Andres Centeno Arriola pled guilty on Friday to Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute on Board a Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Patient Services, Inc. (“PSI"), a foundation based in Midlothian, Va., has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by enabling certain pharmaceutical companies to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients taking the companies’ drugs.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: YELLVILLE, Ark., Jan. 21, 2020 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Arkansas State Director David Branscum announced USDA has invested $7.1 million in two, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 1,250 rural households in north central Arkansas. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Dr. Rajendra Bhayani to Pay Over $1.1 Million to Resolve Kickback and Fraudulent Billing Allegations.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: YELLVILLE, Ark., Jan. 21, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Arkansas State Director David Branscum announced USDA has invested $7.1 million in two, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 1,250 rural households in north central Arkansas. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: A Pennsylvania doctor pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing oxycodone to his patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the full United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in support of the constitutionality of an Ohio law prohibiting abortion providers from performing an abortion they know is sought because of Down syndrome.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Colorado today announced a settlement with Denver-based K.P. Kauffman Company Inc. (KPK) resolving alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act and Colorado air quality regulations. The settlement, set forth in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: Detloff Marketing and Asset Management Inc. (Detloff Marketing), a real estate company based in Hopkins, Minnesota; its owner, Jeffrey J. Detloff; and its accountant, Lori K. Detloff, were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota, for their participation in a long-running fraudulent bidding and kickback scheme in connection with foreclosed properties, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2020
News Release: An Oregon man was sentenced today to 149 months and 12 days in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sex trafficking minors, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams of the District of Oregon announced.
