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Florida Doctor Charged for Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
A South Florida doctor has been arrested on charges of illegally distributing opioids at his pain management clinic.
Senator Murray at NIH Budget Hearing: We Cannot Afford to Slash Our Investments in Lifesaving Research
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
On May 4, at a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, discussed how investing in the scientific research NIH conducts and supports produces breakthroughs that change patients and their families’ lives, prepares us for pandemics and other health threats, and ensures the U.S. continues to be the global leader in biomedical research.
Senator Murray Discusses Efforts to Strengthen U.S. Competitiveness
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 4, 2023
On May 3, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and many of her Democratic colleagues to discuss a new legislative effort to bolster U.S. competitiveness and reiterate the importance of her work as Appropriations Chair to craft and pass funding bills to keep pace with our competitors and keep America on the cutting edge.
Two Pharmacy Owners Charged with $29M Health Care Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
An indictment was unsealed today in Brooklyn charging two New York men for their alleged participation in a scheme to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary prescriptions and over-the-counter products that were not actually dispensed, to pay illegal kickbacks and bribes, and to launder the proceeds of their scheme.
Owner of Tukwila, Washington Thai restaurant sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax fraud totaling nearly $1 million
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
Failed to pay employee payroll tax withholding over to government programs
Delaware Man Admits Distributing Heroin in New Jersey
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
A Delaware man today admitted he distributed and possessed with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Former Elementary School Teacher Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Abusing Children
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
A former school teacher was sentenced today to life in prison for sexually abusing elementary school students on a U.S. military installation in Germany.
Jury Finds District Man Guilty of Two Counts of Armed Robbery
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
Defendant and Associates Committed Two Gunpoint Robberies of Strangers Affiliated with Howard University on the Same Day
Madison Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Receiving Stolen Gun
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
imothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Aidan Johnson, 20, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for receiving a stolen firearm.
Lebanon Man Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Sexually Exploiting A Child
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Rankin, age 36, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 27, 2023, by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 20 years’ imprisonment for sexually exploiting a child.
Abingdon Man Sentenced to Seventy-Seven Months in Prison for Gun Crimes
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
An Abingdon, Illinois, man, Micah Mowen, 44, was sentenced on April 26, 2023, to 77 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches long and for possessing a firearm as a felon.
Senator Murray: Investing in Lowering Energy Costs, Protecting Our Grid, and Cutting-Edge Scientific Discovery is a No-Brainer
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
On May 3, at a Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development subcommittee hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE), including the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, highlighted the importance of providing robust funding in a bipartisan way to support the Department’s array of programs that help lower energy costs, protect the stability of our grid, and produce scientific breakthroughs.
At EPA Budget Hearing, Senator Murray Highlights How House Republicans’ Cuts Threaten Clean Air & Water, Efforts to Combat PFAS Contamination
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
Senator Murray: “PFAS, or forever chemicals, aren’t just toxic—they are everywhere—to the point where they can even be found in our blood.
At Hearing on Army Budget, Senator Murray Stresses Importance of Supporting Military Families—and of Keeping Pace with Global Competitors’ Investments
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 3, 2023
On May 2, at a Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Army, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, underscored the importance of passing bipartisan funding bills in a timely way to ensure our investments don’t fall behind our competitors’—and of delivering the support our servicemembers and military families are counting on and deserve.
Bronx Man Charged With Mid-Afternoon Shooting On Crowded Manhattan Sidewalk
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 2, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced today that MICHAEL ROWE, a/k/a “MJ,” was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition during a shooting that occurred on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, on a crowded sidewalk near 46th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.
Barbour County man charged with firearms violations
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 2, 2023
A Philippi, West Virginia, man with a prior domestic violence conviction is facing federal firearms charges.
Russian charged with money laundering and illegally transmitting more than $150 million
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 2, 2023
Feliks Medvedev has been indicted on one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and 39 counts of money laundering.
Jackson Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 2, 2023
A Jackson man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Kingsport Woman Sentenced To 21 Months For Lying On Atf Form To Purchase Firearms And Providing Firearms To A Felon
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 2, 2023
On May 1, 2023, Tonya Rae Saine, also known as Tonya Rae Bowles, 56, currently of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to 21 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 28, 2023, CORNELIUS CONEY, also known as “C Nizzy,” 35, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.