News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Wheeling Hospital Inc., an acute care hospital located in Wheeling, West Virginia, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to the Medicare program that resulted from violations of the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Anti‑Kickback Statute, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Matthew Paul Slatzer, 36, of Canton has entered a plea of guilty to one charge of possession of a firearm by a person with a domestic violence conviction.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the numerous disturbing allegations in the whistleblower complaint filed by Department of Homeland Security official Brian Murphy...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on vaccines, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, spoke about the urgent need for action to combat political interference in the COVID-19 response in light of recent Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force, with assistance from the Phoenix Police Department, arrested Scott David Williams, 59, without incident following a bank robbery. Williams is now facing charges in connection with seven bank robberies throughout Arizona since June 2020, including.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $646,559 grant to the town of Somerset, Massachusetts, to make water infrastructure improvements needed to support future business growth.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: MARRERO, LA.: The Barataria Preserve of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve has announced the dates for the 2020-2021 hunting season. The preserve is managed by the National Park Service as part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and is located at 6588 Barataria Blvd. in Marrero near Crown Point. More information is available at 504-689-3690 ext. 18 or on our hunting information page.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant was on federal supervised release at time of crime.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on two proposed conservation easements in Douglas County, Nevada. The easements would be purchased using funds generated by land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Queens, N.Y. - Gateway National Recreation Area is proposing to increase parking fees in the park. These parking rates would go into effect for the summer of 2021. This would be Gateway’s first parking fee increase since 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $550,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Door County Economic Development Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Eric Martinez, 33, of Mentmore, New Mexico, was sentenced on Aug. 27 in federal court in Albuquerque to 27 months in prison for residential burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, Steven Denard Paige, a 28-year-old from Eufaula, Alabama, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal firearms charge, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Paige was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Seattle - A 20-year-old Edmonds, Washington, man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Seattle with two counts of arson and two counts of unlawful possession of a destructive device for his activities at a protest that turned violent in downtown Seattle, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. KELLY THOMAS JACKSON was arrested this morning and will appear in U.S. District Court at 2:00 today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has received reports that individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are calling members of the public as part of an imposter scam. The office strongly encourages the public to remain vigilant and not to provide personal information during these calls, which appear to target the elderly. The office also encourages family members to alert their elderly relatives about this scam.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - On Thursday, Sept. 10, the Bureau of Reclamation will again reduce releases from Davis Dam in an attempt to decrease the local caddisfly population - following a recent request from the cities of Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service has awarded a contract to Harold MacQuinn, Inc. of Hancock, ME for Eagle Lake Carriage Road Rehabilitation. In 2021, the Eagle Lake Carriage Road in Acadia National Park will be rehabilitated to improve and stabilize the road surface and associated features.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Christina Lynn Catalano (38, Holiday) with disaster assistance fraud regarding Hurricane Irma. The indictment also charges Catalano and her husband, Joseph Samuel Catalano (54), with making false...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHAZE YOPP, 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - Kathy De La Torre, 24, Wichita, Kan., is charged with one count of distributing fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in March and August 2020 in Wichita.
