News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bhaskar Patel, 67, of Windermere, Florida, appeared today in federal district court in Rutland to answer to charges that, while employed by Schneider Electric Building Americas, he unlawfully solicited and accepted $2,536,119.19...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - August 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that the United States has settled allegations that Pentad Corporation failed to reimburse the Department of the Navy for meals consumed by its employees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The allegations resolved included liability under the False Claims Act (FCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyler Logan Kranenberg, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach naval officer pleaded guilty today to his role in a $2.7 million procurement fraud scheme, and to lying on his federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that Justin Lee Boyer, 32, of Sapulpa pleaded guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child before District Judge Claire V. Eagan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Used His Social Media Account to Post Photographs In Effort To Peddle Illegal Wares.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - A West Tennessee woman was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for wire fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SODDY DAISY, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Day & Zimmerman NPS Inc. for exposing employees to electric shock hazards at the Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. The company faces $71,599 in proposed penalties.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee, announced the release of a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they requested on President Trump’s completely unnecessary and wasteful border wall.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Matthew Sykes Illegally Distributed Buprenorphine, Clonazepam, Gabapentin and Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that on Tuesday, August 7th, members from his office will participate in community events held as part of Spokane’s National Night Out Against Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Three Springfield, Mo., residents were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Greene and Webster counties.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MOAB, UT- The National Park Service will temporarily close Panorama Point at Arches National Park beginning the week of Aug. 13, 2018, for a construction project. The viewpoint will be closed Monday through Thursday weekly, possibly through the end of October.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Archer Western Construction Inc. for safety violations after two employees suffered fatal injuries while performing trenching activities at a Miami worksite.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Law Enforcement Recovered Handguns, Cash, and Ounces of Meth During Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: With the warm summer temperatures, rivers and streams in the park are running high and fast. Hikers in the Mount Rainier National Park wilderness are advised to use caution when crossing rivers, creeks, and streams.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Laney Rim fire, located approximately 25 miles south of Rock Springs, Wyoming, remains at 13,198 acres with containment up to 85%.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Henry Okpalefe, age 50, currently incarcerated and formerly of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 216 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release by United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Richard Butler III, age 36, of Landover, Maryland today to 243 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of an explosive; malicious use of explosive materials; and transportation of explosive materials with intent to kill, injure, or intimidate, in connection with the attempted firebombing of his girlfriend’s apartment.
