News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Springfield Terminal Railway Inc. to compensate an employee who faced an investigative hearing with possible disciplinary action or termination for reporting an on-the-job injury at its facility in Andover, Massachusetts. OSHA ordered the company to pay the employee $10,000 in compensatory damages, $75,000 in punitive damages, and attorney’s fees.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) withdrawal of the agency's unjustified ground water monitoring rule for in situ uranium ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Meade County, Kentucky, man was convicted last week for accessing the Internet with intent to view child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. The jury convicted Dennis Ammons, age 58, on Oct. 12, 2018, following a three-day jury trial.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - In recent days, numerous people have flown and driven to the Black Rock playa to see the 747 art car following the route used to move the 747 onto private land after the 2018 Burning Man event.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Beach man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for his conviction in a wire fraud case for stealing $7.4 million from the victims of three separate investment fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. -U.S. District Court Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez sentenced José Padilla-Galarza, a former police officer who masterminded a bank robbery, to a 19-year term of imprisonment and five years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Codefendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that Jordan Frederic Schemmel (37, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with distributing child pornography. Schemmel faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. Schemmel has been detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Oct. 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeny Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the filing of a civil forfeiture action seeking the return to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Missoula resident Bryce David Koch, 31, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for conviction in a methamphetamine trafficking case. Koch pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided at the sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Adrian George (41, Jacksonville) to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to aid in the preparation and presentation of fraudulent tax returns to the IRS, as well as five additional counts of aiding in the preparation and presentation of fraudulent tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CHRISTOPHER MAZUR, age 34, and REBECCA COMSTOCK, age 37, were sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: OCT. 19, 2018 - Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the first enumeration for the 2020 Census will take place in Toksook Bay, Alaska. Toksook Bay is located in the southwest corner of the state and is home to an estimated 661 people as of July 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today sentenced a Carpentersville, Ill., man, Keith JD Offord, to 12 years in prison for a bank fraud scheme that used identities stolen from the dark web to defraud businesses, including several Springfield businesses, of more than $600,000. Offord, 25, was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $600,549.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant had a previous conviction for Domestic Abuse Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eden, South Dakota, man has been charged with two counts by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Felony Child Abuse and Neglect of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Abington man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for robbing three Greater Boston-area banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Methamphetamine, was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Meade County, Kentucky, man was convicted last week for accessing the Internet with intent to view child pornography, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. The jury convicted Dennis Ammons, age 58, on Oct. 12, 2018, following a three-day jury trial.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2018
News Release: MAITLAND, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Kasper Roofing & Construction Inc. for exposing employees to fall and other hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries at a Maitland, Florida, worksite. The Orlando, Florida-based roofing contractor faces $134,510 in penalties, the maximum allowed by law.
