News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Rico Laprince Southall has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon following an incident where he was arrested after firing multiple gunshots at a family member on a public road in Cobb County, Georgia. Southall’s gunfire also struck another motorist’s vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Galen Flowers, 40, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - United States Attorney Kenneth L. Parker recognized the observance of Service Dog Awareness Week in Ohio from July 25 through 29 and reminded the public of the valuable contributions that service animals make in our communities. Parker noted the federal laws that protect these animals and those who use them.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges in connection with a scheme to submit false loan applications that brought him more than $6.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA-Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP) managers are proposing a program that would require a permit for wilderness backcountry overnight use in specified zones in the park. The proposed permit program would.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Margaret Ann Moffitt, of Sistersville, West Virginia, has admitted to mail fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on July 29, 2022, Christopher Rivers, 28, of Coney Island, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 30 months’ imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release for distributing cocaine base on Sept. 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A Sand Springs man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to strangling a former dating partner in 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shawn Kostelny, 56, of Blasdell, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for her role in a GoFundMe scam that gained nationwide attention, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced today on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Old Man’s Home of Philadelphia d/b/a Saunders House will pay $819,640 to settle claims that the skilled nursing facility provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents to maximize revenue, and without prioritizing clinical needs. Saunders House is located in Wynnewood, PA.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dennis Lavigne, age 47, of Vermont, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual acts with him and to transporting child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man admitted underreporting the proceeds of his buyout agreement on his income tax return, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse of a child and abusive sexual contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Used Chemical Spray Against Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BAY CITY - A Whittemore, Michigan, resident pleaded guilty today to two separate criminal cases related to the placement of explosive packages outside cellphone stores in Cheboygan, and Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, announced Eastern District of Michigan United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison and Western District of Michigan United States Attorney Mark Totten. Whittemore and Cheboygan are in the Eastern District and Sault Ste. Marie is in the Western District.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Three Men Charged in Ecuadorian Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Oregon mother and daughter, both members of a large international drug distribution organization based in India, are facing federal charges for conspiring with each other and others to traffic hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills into the U.S. for distribution in Oregon and elsewhere.
