News from July 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Washington - On June. 20, 2018, the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Roland Cook doing business as RC Livestock (RC Livestock), Dallas, Wisconsin, settled a complaint filed against RC Livestock for suspected violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Terms of the settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of AVIEL LI GOODMAN, 62, to one count of receipt of child pornography. GOODMAN, who was initially charged on Feb. 20, 2018, pleaded guilty earlier today before U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Clark, 33, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson sentenced Clark to 10 years in federal prison. Clark was convicted following a one-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Madison on May 1, 2018, of possessing 40 grams or more of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Peter Dauphin, 45, of Laconia, was sentenced to serve 50 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: 24 Defendants Sentenced in Multimillion Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CRYSTAL MARIE PATE, 32 from Lucama, North Carolina, to 138 months in prison, followed by 5 years of federal supervised release. PATE was part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that in Federal court, ROBERT LEE HOLDEN, JR., a 50-year-old resident of Wilson, was convicted following a two-day trial before United States District Chief Judge James C. Dever III. The jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Arthur Voutselas, 27, previously of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to a fentanyl trafficking charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The 218-acre Sampson Creek Fire, 60-plus miles northeast of Ely, Nev., is fully contained tonight. The cause of the fire, first reported shortly after noon on Wednesday, July 18, is under investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A lone hiker died from a fall while hiking on a hot day in Death Valley National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, July 26, to consider the nominations of Justin Muzinich, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Michael Desmond, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The vice president of an insurance underwriting group fraudulently obtained more than $13.5 million from a corporate client by fraudulently issuing and collecting premium payments on “matching deductible" policies, according to federal criminal charges filed today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The 727-acre Paine Fire in Duck Creek Basin, 15 miles northeast of Ely, Nev., is fully contained tonight.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: DAVID KLIMENKO (“KLIMENKO"), age 30, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced on July 10, 2018, for Failure to Register as a Convicted Sex Offender and Distribution of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against José Soto-Febus for committing three carjackings in the Dorado area, and firearms violations, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, Dorado District Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admitted Attraction to Teen-age Children when Confronted by Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Douglas Shoemaker, Regional Special Agent-in-Charge, United States Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General, announced that SCOTT PIERSON, 57, of VERNON, was arrested on July 19, 2018, on a criminal complaint charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 3 years imprisonment and 3 years supervised release on his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia entered a default judgment against Dr. Firoz Patka, of Martinez, Georgia, totaling $1.2 million. In May 2017, the United States filed a complaint against Dr. Patka for violations of the Controlled Substances Act based...
