SALT LAKE CITY—Scott R. Womack, age 36, of Brigham City, has been charged in an eight-count misdemeanor information with deprivation of rights in connection with conduct alleged to have taken place during 2010 while he was a Box Elder County Deputy Sheriff.
BROWNSVILLE, TX—Karina Pena, wife of a man on probation, has been sentenced for her role in the scheme of former State District Judge Abel Corral Limas to solicit and accept bribes in exchange for official action, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
KANSAS CITY, MO—David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Webster Groves, Missouri attorney and clergyman was convicted in federal court last week of leading a fraud conspiracy that stole more than $52 million from its victims.
An estimated $60 million in early restoration projects soon will begin along the Gulf Coast following the nation’s largest oil spill, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustee Council announced yesterday.