News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022



Former contractor sentenced for fraud involving inflated change orders

Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced the sentencing of William Sacco, a former project manager for a Massachusetts-based mechanical contractor.


News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Daniel Walker, age 38, of Evergreen was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for selling methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl to undercover ATF agents on several occasions.


Opelika Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Following Federal Gun Conviction

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, July 7, 2022, Thaddeus Dimarggio Holstick, a 43-year-old from Opelika, Alabama, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.


News Release: Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission of claims to Medicare in violation of the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly referred to as the Stark Law).



Kaymoor Top Trailhead Parking Lot Closed for Resurfacing

News Release: Glen Jean, WV -New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Jay Newman announces that the parking lot for the Kaymoor Top and Butcher Branch trailheads will be closed Monday, 7/11 through Thursday, July 14 while the lot is being resurfaced. The trailheads will remain open during this time with parking available in the nearby Arrowhead trailhead parking lot.


Former Indiana Police Officer Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against Three Individuals

News Release: Former Indiana Police Officer Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against Three Individuals.


Feature Article: Testing a New Firefighter Respirator

News Release: In May 2022, an experienced group of firefighters joined the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) at Harbison State Forest near Columbia, South Carolina. They gathered in that lovely southern forest, dense with trees and undergrowth, to test and evaluate a very promising new piece of firefighting equipment that could be a game changer for the thousands of wildland firefighters who battle wildfires each year.


Four Windsor Men Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced today that the following four men were arrested yesterday on federal narcotics distribution charges primarily related to the large-scale trafficking of counterfeit fentanyl pills containing fentanyl...



Madison Felon Sentenced to 2 Years for Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James McGowan, Jr., 23, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 2 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. McGowan pleaded guilty to this charge on March 30, 2022.


News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting two managed deer hunts in October at Big Spring.



Cross-Country Methamphetamine Conspiracy Halted in Washington County

News Release: Guy Bowman Conspired to Traffick Over 200 Pounds of Meth into Southwest Virginia.



Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield man has been sentenced in federal court for leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Springfield area, including an undercover drug transaction that occurred in a home with two young children.


Member of $3M COVID-19 Loan Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A McLean man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that involved the submission of at least 63 fraudulent loan applications to obtain COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to which he and his co-defendants were not entitled.



News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Enfield Police Chief Alaric Fox today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a five-count indictment charging the following five men with narcotics trafficking offenses...