News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Louisiana man today admitted that he illegally accessed a healthcare company’s online portal and downloaded more than 60,000 laboratory reports belonging to more than 30,000 patients, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MICHAEL MORGANI, age 33, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman on Sept. 23, 2020 for a conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Based on the status of nearby fires, local forecasts with cooler temperatures and some precipitation, and long-range projections for fire behavior, Crater Lake National Park lifted the Level 1 Evacuation Notification on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. The park will continue to monitor conditions and will reissue any evacuation notifications if needed.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a teleconference Oct. 13, 2020, to solicit public comments and suggestions on key issues facing OSHA’s whistleblower protection program. This is the sixth in a series of meetings on how the agency can improve the whistleblower program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Carl Nicholas Decicco, 35, of St. Croix, was sentenced today for failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Chip Hackley, 49, of Hermosa Beach, CA, and George Matin, 51, of Los Angeles, CA, were each sentenced to 15 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, by United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year-old Houston woman has been taken into custody on allegations of embezzling thousands from her previous employer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal has sentenced 61-year-old Michael Jerome Atkins, a former Florida resident, to five years in federal prison for defrauding a now 68-year-old former schoolteacher out of $425,447.14 -- all of her retirement money. The judge also ordered Atkins to pay that amount back to his victim, as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Cabell County Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths Decline by 52%.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Good afternoon. John, I want to thank you for holding this Subcommittee hearing, and for your tireless work on Social Security. The Ways and Means Committee has been hard at work this Congress to ensure that Americans can retire with security and dignity. There’s no question about it: Social Security...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has launched an online tool that makes water, power and environmental data readily available to the public. The Reclamation Information Sharing Environment, also known as RISE, provides searchable data and maps in the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Miguel Vasquez, 26, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RUVIM KRUPKIN, a New York state-licensed doctor, pled guilty today to conspiring to illegally distribute large quantities of oxycodone from a medical office in Brooklyn, New York. As part of his guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO -Braylon Roberts, 23, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in robbing Subway and Papa John’s and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of robbery. Roberts appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge John R. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Cook faces up to 20 years in Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a public negotiation session with Cross Valley contractors for a water-service contract conversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that more than 300 individuals in 29 states and Washington, D.C., have been charged for crimes committed adjacent to or under the guise of peaceful demonstrations since the end of May.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Victim Died After Overdosing on Fentanyl Analogue; Defendant Likely Faces Between 13 and 15 Years in Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, Miss. - The National Park Service has completed storm damage assessments on Petit Bois, West Petit Bois, and Horn islands, as well as the NPS-owned portion of Cat Island. These islands will reopen to the public immediately. Due to observed damage on Ship Island, additional assessments and stabilization actions need to be taken before the island can resume operations.
