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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2024-06-02 ( 4 items )  
DEA-St. Louis: State Trooper Seized 88 Pounds of Meth From Vehicle in Saline County (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 1 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: A Mexican national has been sentenced in federal court after more than 88 pounds of methamphetamine was found in the trunk of a car in which he was traveling on Interstate 70. Juan Emilio Gomez-Padilla, 32, who was residing in Chicago, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Thursday, May 30, to 11 years and six months in federal prison without parole. The court  more PR

EPA Fines Pesticide Seller in Paris, Missouri, for Allegedly Violating Federal Law (10)
LENEXA, Kansas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) penalized Logan Agri-Service Inc. for allegedly repackaging pesticide products, in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The Illinois-based pesticide dealer, which operates a branch in Paris, Missouri, will pay a civil penalty of $74,806. According to EPA, employees at Logan Agri-Services' Paris branch were repackaging pesticides from bulk containers into containers pro more PR

EPA Region 7 Begins Process for 6th 5-Year Review at Findett Superfund Site (10)
LENEXA, Kansas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is beginning the Five-Year Review process for the Findett Corp. Superfund Site in St. Charles, Missouri. This is the site's sixth Five-Year Review and will include Operable Units 1, 2, and 3. Operable Unit 4, Ameren Substation, will not be included in this Five-Year Review as construction of a remedy has not yet started. Five-Year Reviews provide an opportunity to evaluate the implementation more PR

Justice Dept.: Former Senior Executive, Former Sales Manager Convicted of Selling Data on Millions of U.S. Consumers to Perpetrators of Mail Fraud Schemes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that a jury found a former senior executive and a former sales manager of Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon) guilty of federal criminal charges related to the targeting of millions of U.S. consumers for mass-mailing fraud schemes. Robert Reger, 57, of Boulder, Colorado, and David Lytle, 64, of Leawood, Kansas, were found guilty today of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and numerous counts of more PR