News published on Federal Newswire in July 2021

News from July 2021


News Release: The 11th annual Blue Heron Ghost Train is scheduled for September 11-15, via Big South Fork Facebook and YouTube Channels.


Nearly three dozen charged in Middle Georgia methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy

News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Thirty defendants are charged in a Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William Tyler Beck, age 30, of Centreville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to coercion and enticement of a minor.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Representative Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) led a bipartisan group of Representatives in reintroducing legislation to modernize the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program to...


Nearly Three Dozen Charged in Middle Georgia Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Thirty defendants are charged in a Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia.


Three Individuals Facing Federal Charges for Participating in a Healthcare Fraud Scheme to Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age 45, of Wellington, Florida with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit false statements relating to health care matters, and false statements to health care matters, in connection with a scheme to produce and sell fraudulent nursing transcripts and diplomas.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representatives Fred Upton (R-MI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Don Bacon (R-NE) announced that they would introduce the Office for Access to Justice Establishment ...


Ocala Neurologist Agrees To Pay $800,000 To Resolve Allegations Of Prescribing Medically Unnecessary And Unreasonable Drugs

News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces that Florida Neurological Center, LLC and its owner, Dr. Lance Kim (61, Ocala), have agreed to pay $800,000 to resolve allegations that Dr. Kim prescribed medically unnecessary and unreasonable prescription drugs, specifically, Acthar Gel®, which cost the Medicare program approximately $35,000 each time Dr. Kim prescribed a five-day supply.


News Release: CINCINNATI - Wayne Cusimano, 55, of Hamersville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 204 months in prison for distributing child pornography through Kik messenger chat groups.


News Release: Rosenteel Also Impersonated a Central Intelligence Agency Agent and Committed Additional Acts of Identity Theft While on Pre-Trial Release.


Joint Statement of the C5+1 on the International Conference “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities”

Release: The text of the following statement was adopted by the Governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the United States of America, on the occasion of the International Conference, “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities," held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan July 15-16, 2021.


News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Bandelier will begin offering a variety of programs to the public this summer. “As covid restrictions have relaxed, Bandelier is anxious to provide the programming visitors want so they can learn more about this park’s amazing resources. We invite the public to include one or more of these activities in their planned visit to Bandelier," says acting superintendent Dennis Milligan.


Tallahassee Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Possession Of A Firearm By A Convicted Felon

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Chester Herbert, 41, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.


Public Input Sought on Commercial Services at National Park

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Members of the public and business community are invited to attend an open house to discuss a Commercial Services Strategy for Indiana Dunes National Park.


Feature Article: As Drone Popularity and Potential Risk Soars S&T Prepares

News Release: In the last few years, drones have flown over, and in some cases landed within, restricted areas across our country-with notable incidents in our nation’s capital. In 2015, a quadcopter crashed on the grounds of the White House. Later that same year, a drone crash-landed on the White House Ellipse, near...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) issued a request for information (RFI) on commercially available Blast Resistant Trash Receptacles (BRTRs) to be included in a market survey conducted by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory...


Former Daycare Director Sentenced for Submitting False Documents to Tennessee Department of Human Services

News Release: Memphis, TN - Ollie Stephenson, 55, of Germantown, Tennessee, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for submitting false documents to the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS).


Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom from July 20 to July 21, 2021.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Beginning on Thursday, July 8, 2021, community partners from the following municipalities are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period (a separate appeal period will be offered for the remaining municipalities later in the summer):


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Adrian C. Hammond, Jr., age 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 24 months in federal prison following the Court’s determination that Hammond violated the terms of his federal supervised release. The Court also ordered the defendant to pay his outstanding restitution balance of approximately $250,000.