News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tawnya Writesel, also known as Tawnya Rutan, 40, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison and was ordered to pay more than $108,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for conspiring to submit false claims for income tax refunds with the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Hogans, of Baltimore, Maryland, was found guilty today after a one-day trial of having a weapon, or shank, in prison, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management has released a draft business plan for public review that proposes new campground fees at six campgrounds in the Colorado River Valley Field Office. The proposal will allow BLM to meet current and future maintenance and improvement costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Varian, age 52, of Troy, New York, appeared today in federal court on a charge that he attempted to entice a minor into sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon -Are you interested in learning about birds? Do you want to get outside and volunteer? We have an opportunity for you to do both during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count and no experience is needed.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: EM Assistant Secretary Anne White recently viewed progress in EM’s cleanup at the Los Alamos Site, and met with Naval Reactors employees in San Diego, where she received training before riding in a submarine. Following is her report on the trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on December 6, 2018, Steven Horton, age 40, of Glenwood, was sentenced to 84 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose. The defendant pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography on July 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Second Defendant Earlier Pled Guilty in Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Dec. 10, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for driving more than five pounds of methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Steve McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A jury has convicted Evans Landscaping, Inc. and company executives on all counts charged in a fraud case.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to consider the nomination of Courtney Dunbar Jones to be a judge on the United States Tax Court. This was Chairman Hatch’s final hearing leading the Finance Committee. Hatch has been chairman of the committee since 2015 and served as ranking member for four years before that. Hatch has been a member of the committee since June of 1991...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Dr. Philip Dean, 62, a resident of Warren County, Missouri, was sentenced today to 40 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the amount of $312,377. Dr. Dean previously pled guilty today to two felony charges, illegally distributing opiate medications and making a false statement to the Medicare program, on Aug. 22, 2018. Dr. Dean was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge E. Richard Webber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was arrested today and charged with a scheme that allegedly caused $1 million in losses by using fake passports to open bank accounts into which he and others deposited phony IRS refund checks, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Jury found Detra Wiley Pate guilty in scheme that skimmed money from government insurance program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced ARTHUR JOHNSON, JR. a/k/a “Nelson Howard," “Wood," and “Dread," age 42, of Gonzales, to 116 months in federal prison following his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) recently presented sustainability awards to employees for continuous improvement efforts that include working toward a goal of becoming paperless in a portion of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: Oviatt Hearing and Balance Admits that it had Unlicensed Individuals Treat, and Provided Improper Inducements to, Medicare and TRICARE Beneficiaries.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Criminal investigations, business audits and arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and auditors surged in fiscal year 2018 compared to the previous year, following a commitment made by the agency in late 2017 to step up its worksite enforcement efforts across the country.
