News from August 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former network manager for Water District No. 1 of Johnson County was sentenced Monday for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: A Plantation resident pled guilty for his participation in a scheme utilizing stolen identities to commit income tax, unemployment, and credit card frauds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Luke Blackford, 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2015, to 71 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Blackford had previously pled guilty after law enforcement utilized a cooperating witness who...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Five Firearms Seized from lead Drug Distributor.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Rebuilder Medical Technologies, Inc., a skin care business operating in Jefferson County, West Virginia, was ordered today to pay a fine in the amount of $10,000 and placed on probation for one year after it distributed medical products without the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected nine projects to receive funding to research new CO2 storage technologies devoted to intelligent monitoring systems and advanced well integrity and mitigation approaches through DOE’s Carbon Storage Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Aldair Hodza, 36, and Laura Sorensen, 31, of Clive, Iowa, were sentenced today for their roles in a heinous crime involving the kidnapping, forced prostitution, and torture of a young woman the couple kidnapped in Iowa.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Conrad Vasquez Salazar, 43, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon to conspiracy and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Salazar will be sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. The guilty...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Garland Samuel Butler, 51, of Saint Marys, West Virginia, was convicted for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Zoltan Deak, 39, of Hunedoara, Romania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl scheduled a sentencing hearing for December 7, 2015. Deak faces a statutory maximum sentence of 25 years.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Operator of Medicare Provider was Previously Barred from Medicare Participation for Prior Health Care Fraud Conviction.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Torrence Benton, 28, formerly of New Haven, Connecticut (currently serving a state prison sentence in the Maine State Prison) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack.".

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Chattahoochee River NRA Will Offer Free Admission on August 25.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management seeks volunteers to help protect unique rock art sites at the Canyon Pintado National Historic District Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Dayton History, Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP Partner, Marks Its 10 Year Anniversary.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juan Carlos Chavez-Soto, 34, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: As part of a comprehensive, science-based strategy to address the threat of wildfires that are damaging landscapes across the West, the Department of the Interior today announced the release of a National Seed Strategy for rehabilitation and restoration to help foster resilient and healthy landscapes.The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former analyst was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for downloading child pornography to a laptop computer assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William Charles Nemec, Sr., age 55, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and solicitation of bribes in connection with a scheme in which Department of Public Works (DPW) employees sought and accepted cash payments from commercial haulers in return for allowing the commercial...