News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for committing federal hate crimes and related offenses involving numerous severely disabled victims, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) has paid $7 million to the United States and the State of Tennessee to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to TennCare-the Medicaid program for the State of Tennessee-and knowingly retaining overpayments for specialty Hepatitis C medications dispensed to TennCare enrollees who did not meet TennCare’s clinical criteria for coverage and payment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Katie Calimeri, 30, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
Release: FSIS has selected five Food Safety Fellows through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) program. The fellows are students currently working towards their Ph.D. and have an interest in improving food safety and public health. During their fellowship, in collaboration with FSIS scientists, they will apply their scientific and technical knowledge to inform FSIS decision making and improve the safety of the food supply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: A California man pleaded guilty yesterday, in three separate cases, to failing to appear at his sentencing, attempting to evade the assessment of income tax and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: BOISE - After a three-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Pocatello found Joseph Hornof, 41, of Blackfoot, Idaho, guilty of two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Duquesne, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of escape from custody, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Here’s a pop quiz for cybersecurity pros: Does your security team consider your organization’s employees to be your allies or your enemies? Do they think employees are the weakest link in the security chain? Let’s put that last one more broadly and bluntly: Does your team assume users are clueless?
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Defendant Broadcast Live on Facebook While Holding Alleged Explosive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Tyre Marquise Bradley, 31, of Palm Beach County, Fla., pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, among other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - In three separate cases, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents with the support of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau arrested three men charged with production of child pornography, transportation of minors to engage in sexual criminal acts, coercion and enticement of minors and possession of child pornography, respectively.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Qatar from January 28 to Feb. 3, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Gregory Kincaid, 30, of Cool Ridge, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Defendant Took Part in Confrontation With Law Enforcement Officers on the Lower West Terrace.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - OLIVER PIERRE, age 40, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on Jan. 24, 2023 to one count of possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base (“crack"), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would prevent companies from starting or resuming the manufacture, processing or use of an estimated 300 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have not been made or used for many years without ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Philip R. Sellinger, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, issued the following statement today.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Today marks 200 years of diplomatic relations and friendship between the governments and people of Argentina and the United States. On this occasion, I express my heartfelt gratitude for the warm and productive partnership that our two countries have shared over the past two centuries. Our formal links ...
