News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Veterinarian Michael Paul Good, owner of Town & Country Veterinary Clinic, located in Marietta, Georgia, has agreed to pay a civil settlement of $90,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. Dr. Good also has agreed to additional oversight from the DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Jose Gonzalez, age 34, of Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in federal court on two counts of manufacturing child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Glenn R. Fischer, age 69, of Ellicott City, Maryland, on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to defraud businesses seeking insurance. The indictment alleges that as a result of the scheme, Fischer fraudulently collected more than $3 million in insurance premiums. The indictment was returned on Sept. 22, 2016 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: OCT 26 - BANGOR, Maine - Andrew Grivois, 32, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty to the charge on March 3, 2016. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced the sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kionte K. Whatley, 19, and Kasie A. Morgan, 24, both of Columbus, Ohio pled guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Second Individual Pleads Guilty to Participating in Sophisticated International Cellphone Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will hold a special living history program on Saturday, November 5 about the military preparations at Chickamauga Battlefield in 1916 as the nation debated and prepared to enter World War I. Visitors can interact with living historians from 10am-4pm at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, and formal programs will take place at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30pm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a five mile, ranger-guided, hike exploring the “ruins" on Lookout Mountain on Saturday, November 12 at 9am, beginning and ending at the historic Cravens House.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Harold Rinko, age 74 of Hallstead, Pennsylvania and Ahmad Feras Diri, age 43, of London, United Kingdom were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton for their involvement in a conspiracy to illegally export goods to Syria.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Construction crews are working on some major infrastructure projects in Grand Teton National Park. Visitors to the park will notice activity in the Moose and Pilgrim Creek areas as the park replaces major water and wastewater systems that have been operating for almost 60 years, and have exceeded the design life of the systems.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau has issued a closure of Santa Rosa Island until further notice, due to concerns for visitor safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in Federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CHRISTOPHER A. MANN, 33, of Hampton, Virginia to 20 months imprisonment and ordered him to pay $940,460 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Texas man, formerly of Charleston, pleaded guilty Monday to a federal financial crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto, General Services Administration Inspector General Carol Fortine Ochoa, and Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent-in-Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Morris man on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill two DEA Task Force officers during an undercover drug sting in Joliet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Carol Casto announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Gabriele Wohl will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a South Carolina attorney to six months in prison, followed by 18 months in home detention, for a scheme that involved submitting false invoices for furnishings and equipment for a University of Alabama sorority house and receiving payment without providing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: District Election Officer to Ensure Public Confidence in the Integrity of the Election in California’s 34-County Eastern District.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Daniel Allen Days has been sentenced to nine years, seven months in prison for possession of five firearms as an eight-time convicted felon. Days used a straw purchaser to obtain firearms, which he then planned to sell in New Jersey.
