York Company Settles Hazardous Waste Violations

  On October 2, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that Bimax, Inc. in York County, Pennsylvania agreed to pay a $36,455 penalty for hazardous waste violations.  The violations occurred at the company’s chemical manufacturing facility on 158 Industrial Road in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania.     Bimax ...

USA Drug VP Receives 33 Months for Fraud

On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced that Garret Sorensen of North Little Rock was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release for mail fraud and money laundering.  Garret Sorensen was the former vice president of advertising for USA Drug.   The ...

Methamphetamine Supplier Gets 15 Years in Maryland

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced the sentencing of Alfred “JJ” Buensalida of Suisun City, California.  U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Buensalida to 15 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess and intent ...

U.S and Canada Increase Border Security Procedures

On September 28, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security and the Canada Border Services Agency declared that a Phase I pilot of an entry/exit program will start on September 30.  The two agencies said they will start to collect biographic information between September 30, 2012 and January 31, 2013.  Also, on October 15, 2012 ...

Inmate Charged in Murder-to-Hire Plot against Judge

On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced that Phillip Monroe Ballard—an inmate at the Fort Worth Federal Correctional Institute—was charged for soliciting a murder-for-hire.  Ballard was charged for trying to hire an outside party to murder U.S. District Judge John ...

Longtime Schemer Sentenced to 259 Months in NY

On October 1, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Michael Howard Clott of Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced to 21 years and 7 months in prison for a large number of real estate and mortgage fraud schemes over a range of years.  Clott had numerous fraud convictions before his sentencing ...

New York Receives $1.4 Million for Invasive Species

On October 2, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that New York State will receive $1.4 million to combat invasive species.  The grants are a part of 21 grants offered the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.   The grants are listed below: 1. Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences ...

Businessman Guilty of Bribing Georgia Commissioner

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Mark Gary, of Duluth, pleaded guilty to bribing the Gwinnett County Commissioner in 2009 in order to secure rights to build a waste transfer station.   Ricky Maxwell, the Acting Agent in Charge for the FBI Atlanta Field Office ...

Man Admits to Illegal Gambling/Violent Debt Collection

On October 1, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that Minh Cam Luong, aka “Ming Jai,” pleaded guilty to operating an illegal gambling business and using violence to collect money from indebted gamblers.  Luong was scheduled for sentencing on January 14, 2013 by United States ...

Online Toolkit Provides Veterans with Mental Health Support

On September 27, 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that a new public toolkit has been released that is “aimed at delivering support, therapeutic tools, and resources to community providers treating Veterans for mental health concerns.  The Community Provider Toolkit is located at the following link: www.mentalhealth ...

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