News from August 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison Ramsdell announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner, and Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 25, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A Kent man was sentenced to two years of probation and one weekend of intermittent confinement after he previously pleaded guilty to flying an airplane without a valid airman’s certificate in June 2019. Delbert Garfield Stewart, 71, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr., on Monday, August 8, 2022, and was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - This week, four individuals were sentenced to federal prison for their part in a scheme to fraudulently enroll students in Alabama virtual schools, announced the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm and a high-capacity magazine was sentenced on July 20, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dennis Earl Williams, Jr., age 32, from Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty on Jan. 13, 2022, to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Shot In Ankle During Shootout And Apprehended After High-Speed Crash.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Douglas Floyd, age 52, of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Colorado Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that the United States filed a proposed civil judgment with Philadelphia-based Spivack, Inc., previously operating under the name Verree Pharmacy, and owner-pharmacist Mitchell Spivack, to resolve allegations that they engaged in a years-long...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident made her initial appearance on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carla L. Baldwin for allegedly conspiring to commit bank robbery and for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Impersonated Patients on Calls to Insurance Companies and Staged Fake Emergency Room Visits to Fraudulently Inflate Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Angelica Franklin Worked as a Nurse at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - David Lee Hockenberry, of Fisher, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicole Renee Halterman, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Somerset County has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 70 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release on his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A McKeesport, Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A nine-count federal indictment, unsealed today, charges four individuals with conspiracy to harbor undocumented workers while employing them to work at various mid-state restaurants, harboring undocumented workers, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DURANGO - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado annoucnes Karl Kloeppel of Monte Vista, Colorado, was sentenced to 192 months (16 years) in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: David Butler Used a Manipulative Computer Software to Defraud Binary Options Investors of More than $5 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Mexican national has been sentenced for an attempted prison escape in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that the United States has resolved a discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against the City and County of Denver and concert promoters Live Nation, AEG, and PBS12.