News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant is one of 26 charged in largest fraud operation ever prosecuted by Southern District of Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: MOBILE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Miller & Co. Inc. for failing to protect employees from struck-by hazards after a worker was fatally injured at the company's Selma, Alabama, facility. The lumber and flooring manufacturer faces $218,192 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 87 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) introduced The Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act (MTSERA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: JACKSON, TN - Shannon Pettigrew, 35, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearm and being a felon in possession of ammunition on two separate occasions. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Former CEO of Tennessee Pain Management Company Sentenced for Role in Approximately $4 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The lead defendant convicted for his role in the smuggling conspiracy that left six people dead in June 2019 has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Kathryn Smith (58, Lake Mary) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme to steal over $470,000 from her employer. Smith faces up to 20 years in federal prison, and will be ordered to pay restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Baldwin Hills man is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges that allege he conned victims from across the nation into giving him their high-end and exotic vehicles with bogus promises he would find other people to take over their leases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Gary D. Primm, Jr., 39, of Wentzville, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of willful failure to file return or pay tax and two counts of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Texas men are set to appear in federal court on charges of drug distribution that resulted in an overdose, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: BRUNEAU, Idaho -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will feature 40 wild horse mares, ages 6-12, during the next online corral adoption, July 14 - 21, 2020. These mares are currently being cared for at the Bruneau Off-Range Wild Horse Corrals and are eligible for the Adoption Incentive Program, which provides $1,000 to qualified adopters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned indictments charging Julian Arias-Rodriguez, age 21, of Mexico and Jorge Patricio-Ocampo, age 35, of Mexico, with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant Previously Deported from the United States on Two Prior Occasions.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: DENVER- The National Park Service invites the public to participate in one of three virtual public meetings regarding a special resource study of the Granada Relocation Center, commonly known as Amache, to take place during the following dates and times.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on July 8, 2020, Archie G. Overby (age 71; formerly of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and currently of Parker, Texas) was sentenced in federal court following his guilty plea to misapplication of funds by a bank officer, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 656.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: On Thursday, Republican Whip and House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) once again called on NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to answer questions about his deadly “must admit" order that forced the state’s nursing homes to take in potentially infective coronavirus patients in contradiction of federal safety guidelines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Seven people have been charged for their roles in conspiracies to pay and receive kickbacks in exchange for ordering genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Laquanna Bacote, age 25, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on July 7, 2020, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to conspiring with others to make false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms from federal-licensed firearm dealers in Luzerne and Northampton Counties between April and October of 2019.
