News from August 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - An Angier, North Carolina man, Ruben Samuel Matos, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. On Sept. 18, 2020, Matos pled guilty to the charge. As part of sentencing, Matos was also ordered to pay $1,997,883 in criminal restitution to the North Carolina Fund for Medical Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Wyoming man convicted of trafficking methamphetamine after a traffic stop in Carbon County, Montana, was sentenced today to seven years in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that Scott D. Sundberg (age: 42) of Ishpeming, Michigan, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee following his Aug. 13, 2021, arrest by local and federal authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you missed it, this past Sunday and Monday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Alaska to join U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski on a tour of clean energy research and development and renewable energy facilities in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Secretary Granholm’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Torres, 41, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Kenneth Apt, 53, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a money laundering conspiracy arising from his operation of Helix, a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service. According to court documents, Larry Dean Harmon, 38, of Akron, admitted that he operated Helix from 2014 to 2017. Helix functioned as...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -Grand Canyon National Park Deputy Superintendent Louis Rowe has announced the selection of Angela Boyers as Chief Ranger for the Division of Visitor and Resource Protection. As chief ranger of Grand Canyon National Park, Boyers will manage a complex program that includes law enforcement, emergency services, wildland and structural fire, aviation, fee collection, backcountry operations, and a regional dispatch center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A former U.S. Army soldier training at Fort Gordon has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Federal arrest warrants were executed today against two individuals on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud Home Depot stores in at least three New England states. A third person alleged to have taken part in the scheme is being sought by law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Bradford, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of receipt, acquisition or purchase of illegally transported protected plants and falsification of records, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Hunter VanPelt, a/k/a Hunter Lauren VanPelt, a/k/a Ellen Corkrum, a/k/a Ellen Yabba Kwame Corkrum, who defrauded the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of more than $6 million, has pleaded guilty to a charge of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Defendant replaced and diluted morphine prescribed to a hospice patient, for her own use.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Timothy B. Pease, 32, of Kirkville, New York, pled guilty yesterday to charges of distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Trina Thomas | Aug 17, 2021
Wild horse activists claim the Bureau of Land Management has failed to protect wild horses and are allegedly allowing them to be slaughtered for profit.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Laurel Falls Trail parking will be available by reservation only from Sept. 7 through Oct. 3, 2021 as part of the Laurel Falls Congestion Management Pilot Project. The pilot project aims to improve visitor safety, relieve congestion, better...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-18. Aug. 17, 2021To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective Aug. 24, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is implementing restrictions on all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits (Ficus carica) imported into ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2021
News Release: On Aug. 11, 2021, the National Park Service along with the State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Forestry Wildlife (DOFAW) successfully removed 458 goat from Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park. This project was complex and took months to design, plan and implement. The goal was to remove live goats from park lands that were negatively impacting cultural and natural resources.
