News from September 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man from Florissant, Missouri to 14 years and three months in prison on drug and gun charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Bayer Corp., an Indiana corporation and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and its related entities, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer HealthCare LLC, and Bayer AG (collectively “Bayer"), have agreed to pay $40 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act in connection with the drugs Trasylol, Avelox, and Baycol.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: National Park Service to Commemorate Battles of Fort Harrison and New Market Heights.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A Mexican national stopped on Interstate 70 in St. Peters was transporting 10 undocumented immigrants to Ohio in his minivan, a criminal complaint says.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Thirteen defendants involved in the $27 million Novus healthcare fraud have been sentenced to a combined 84 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Ways and Means Committee on Sept. 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: A man who had previously served a federal term of 235 months’ imprisonment was sentenced to another term of 15 months’ imprisonment for violating conditions of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A federal judge sentenced a Middleton, Idaho man to three years of supervised probation for threatening an FBI Agent, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit, of the District of Idaho, announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its intention to fund a grant of up to $3 million to improve the working and living conditions for field workers and their families in the Dominican Republic sugar sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, PA, was found guilty after a four-day jury trial of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man who was extradited from Mexico to face charges in the United States was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for aiding and abetting the transportation of a woman for purposes of prostitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Five Disaster Recovery Centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ROBERT ECKERT, 56, of West Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to distribution of child pornography.
By Bob Pepalis | Sep 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor hosted an event celebrating Labor Rights Week 2022 at the consular section of the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and its related entities, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer HealthCare LLC and Bayer AG (collectively “Bayer"), have agreed to pay $40 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act in connection with the drugs Trasylol, Avelox and Baycol.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Millard Patrick, 53, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of stolen property.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - On the afternoon of Saturday, September 3rd, heavy rains resulted in damage to two popular park attractions. A section of switchbacks along the Lost Mine Trail collapsed, resulting in heavy damage to that section of trail. The bottom of the switch back is covered in rocks...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- In response to a request from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), the Social Security Administration (SSA) has outlined the urgent action field offices have taken to protect visitors from the summer heat. While the heat persists...
