News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Innocent Bystander Slain in Exchange of Gunfire In the Middle of a Summer Afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER G. JOHNSON was sentenced to 36 months in prison for leading a scheme to defraud a group of lenders (the “Banks") by submitting false “borrowing base" reports designed to secure and maintain a $400...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kansas man who was caught with crystal methamphetamine and a firearm in Hurricane in November of 2017 was sentenced today to 132 months, or 11 years, in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bunthia Can Thach, 39, previously pled guilty to possession with ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Plus+ audit program for specialty crops crops is now acknowledged as equivalent to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Technical Equivalence Requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Two Northwest Ohio men was indicted for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine that was shipped via UPS from Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: What: The community is invited to share ideas about the future of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and what the visitor experience might be like during a series of informal meetings slated for Pāhoa, Volcano, Pāhala and Kahuku.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the U.S. Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force. The Strike Force will bring together the resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Uploaded Child Pornography to His Google Account.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that an initial distribution of $16,440,674.35 has been issued to victim investors of the THOMAS PETTERS fraud scheme. These funds, forfeited to the United States through criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings prosecuted in the District of Minnesota, will be sent to approximately 364 victims worldwide.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Keauhou Fire is now 80 percent contained and continues to be 3,739 acres on the northeastern slopes of Mauna Loa, mostly within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Cooler weather and afternoon cloud cover helped aid firefighters with their efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Four people were indicted for immigration-related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Aug. 10, 2018, Terry Hannan, age 39, of Council Bluffs was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt to 63 months in prison for a felon in possession of a firearm charge announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hannan was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On August 9, 2018, following a four-day trial, a jury found Roger Duane Goodwin, age 59, of Windsor Heights, guilty of seven counts of mail fraud announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. The jury also determined Goodwin’s residence in Windsor Heights and two Harley Davidson motorcycles are subject to forfeiture.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Grand Coulee, Wash.-The Bureau of Reclamation invites the public to the presentation, “Building Grand Coulee Dam," by Raymond “Paul" Giroux on Aug. 25, 2018, at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center at 6:30 p.m. The program is free of charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 10, 2018, Cory Ryan Williams, 40, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to seven years in prison. A restitution hearing has been scheduled for September, where Williams will be ordered to pay restitution up to $13.5 million. Williams had previously pleaded guilty to one count of transactional money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - Wildland fire fighters from the High Desert District and Pinedale Field Office along with fire crews from Sublette County and the U.S. Forest Service have contained the Old Dump fire burning 2-miles northeast of Pinedale, Wyoming. The 37-acre fire is burning in Sage-grouse habitat near power lines and fences in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Raul Ernesto Landaverde-Giron, a/k/a “Humilde," a/k/a “Decente," age 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to two consecutive sentences of life in prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Chalmer “Chuck" Detling, II has been arraigned on seven counts of wire fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. Detling was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 8, 2018, for using the identities of 36 former clients without their knowledge or authorization in order to apply for and obtain 50 fraudulent litigation advances, totaling hundreds of thousands dollars.