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2007 Press Releases
December 20, 2007 OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSFERS MAY NOT BE DENIED BECAUSE OF APPLICANT'S RACE, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN HOLDS IN FORMAL OPINION December 19, 2007 FORMER SUPERIOR FIRE CHIEF PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING CITY FUNDS AND MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE December 19, 2007 CHETEK EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING SUPERIOR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNDS December 18, 2007 Former Marquette County Deputy Sheriff CHARGED WITH Stealing Drugs from Evidence Room December 13, 2007 DANE COUNTY COURT FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO COMMIT KEVIN LINDAUER TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 December 12, 2007 LESTER AND LILAC SUNDSMO sentenced FOR FILING FALSE LIENS December 12, 2007 BOBBY SALAS CONVICTED FOR THREATS TO A JUDGE AND A WITNESS November 30, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NOT PETITION WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS REVERSING JENSEN AND SCHULTZ MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE CONVICTIONS November 27, 2007 MINDI LARSON SENTENCED BY PIERCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT FOR EMBEZZLEMENT November 26, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN STATEMENT ON CHARTER STREET CONSENT DECREE November 21, 2007 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES 2006 DOMESTIC ABUSE STATISTICS November 19, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN APPOINTS DEAN F. STENSBERG EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE November 16, 2007 U.S. OIL COMPANY, INC. WILL PAY $450,000 TO SETTLE STATE AIR POLLUTION ENFORCEMENT ACTION November 16, 2007 PRANKE BROTHERS AUTO WRECKING, INC. AGREES TO PAY PENALTIES AND CEASE OPEN BURNING TO SETTLE AIR POLLUTION LAWSUIT November 15, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY SENATOR SCOTT FITZGERALD November 14, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH OZAUKEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY SENATOR ALBERTA DARLING November 12, 2007 Clark County Man Charged With Felony Bail Jumping November 9, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT OF SCIANO TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 November 8, 2007 SUNNYSIDE DAIRY FARMS LLC OF MANITOWOC COUNTY TO PAY PENALTY for 2004 MANURE discharge and fish kill November 8, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT OF WESTBY TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 November 6, 2007 STATE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR CASE INVOLVING ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF DEAD VICTIM November 5, 2007 CAROLYN AUSTIN ORDERED TO PAY $589,695 IN RESTITUTION TO COMPENSATE THE CITY OF SEYMOUR FOR HER EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME October 31, 2007 STATE APPELLATE COURT AFFIRMS JURY CONVICTION OF MAN WHO INTERFERED WITH PARENTAL CUSTODY BY LURING AWAY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ON WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL October 31, 2007 STATEMENTS MADE TO POLICE CAN BE USED AT TRIAL OF WOMAN ACCUSED OF HARBORING OR AIDING A FELON AND FURNISHING A FIREARM TO FELON October 30, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Publishes "Safe Schools Legal Resource Manual" October 25, 2007 COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN MARQUETTE COUNTY INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN CASE ENABLES CRIMINAL PROSECUTION TO MOVE FORWARD October 25, 2007 ILLEGAL ALIENS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE LICENSING AND CREDENTIALING, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN REASONS IN FORMAL OPINION October 24, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT OF Preston TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 October 23, 2007 BLUEHIPPO FUNDING, LLC, BLUEHIPPO CAPITAL, LLC, AND JOSEPH RENSIN SUED FOR VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW AND CONSUMER ACT October 19, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN'S WORKING SUMMIT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ADDRESSES CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE, AND OTHER TIMELY PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS October 16, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES 3 OF REMAINING 4 EMERGENCY 911 AUDIO FILES RELATING TO CRANDON HOMICIDES AND TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING October 16, 2007 LAND O'LAKES CABINETRY AGREES TO PAY PENALTIES IN HAZARDOUS WASTE SETTLEMENT October 12, 2007 Spring Brook Farm LLC of Langlade County ordered to pay $27,500 for Manure discharges October 12, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces Chapter 980 Commitment of Carl E. Kaminski to treatment October 12, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces Chapter 980 Commitment of Carl E. Kaminski to treatment October 12, 2007 Michael Dettlaff and Todd Tatro are ordered to restore site and pay $53,198 for placing fill in Northern Spruce Bog October 11, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES 13 EMERGENCY 911 AUDIO RELATING TO CRANDON HOMICIDES AND TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING October 9, 2007 Statement of Attorney General Van Hollen on Crandon Multiple Homicides October 8, 2007 STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ON CRANDON MULTIPLE HOMICIDES October 4, 2007 KEEP COURT RECORDS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE INTERNET, ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN SAYS October 4, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT DAVID HAGER, JR. FOR TREATMENT October 3, 2007 COLORADO OPERATORS OF NATIONAL ENERGY REBATE FUND BEING SUED BY STATE FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES October 3, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES ACTION AGAINST ASPHALT SPECIALISTS AND JACE MCDONALD FOR UNLAWFUL HOME IMPROVEMENT AND MARKETING PRACTICES October 3, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT DARYL PRESTON FOR TREATMENT October 3, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH GREEN COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRETT DAVIS October 2, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN TO HOST WORKING SUMMIT ON PUBLIC SAFETY September 27, 2007 COURT ORDERS TIMOTHY M. EBERT TO PAY CIVIL FORFEITURES FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S NO CALL LAW AND FOR DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES September 27, 2007 COURT ORDERS TIMOTHY M. EBERT TO PAY CIVIL FORFEITURES FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S NO CALL LAW AND FOR DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES September 27, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES INFORMAL OPINION CONCLUDING FEDERAL MEDICAL PRIVACY LAWS DO NOT PROHIBIT RELEASE OF AMBULANCE RECORDS September 27, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES INFORMAL OPINION CONCLUDING FEDERAL MEDICAL PRIVACY LAWS DO NOT PROHIBIT RELEASE OF AMBULANCE RECORDS September 27, 2007 COURT ORDERS TIMOTHY M. EBERT TO PAY CIVIL FORFEITURES FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S NO CALL LAW AND FOR DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES September 25, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ASKS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO ENABLE WISCONSIN TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES FROM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES September 25, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ASKS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO ENABLE WISCONSIN TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES FROM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES September 24, 2007 Prescott Woman Charged With Embezzlement September 24, 2007 THRIFT DECORATING AND PAINTING TO PAY PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES September 24, 2007 CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE OF MURDER VICTIMS HOSTED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF CRIME VICTIM SERVICES TO BE HELD TOMORROW IN CAPITOL ROTUNDA September 24, 2007 THRIFT DECORATING AND PAINTING TO PAY PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES September 24, 2007 CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE OF MURDER VICTIMS HOSTED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF CRIME VICTIM SERVICES TO BE HELD TOMORROW IN CAPITOL ROTUNDA September 21, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Chapter 980 Commitment Of Steven Young To Treatment September 18, 2007 VAN HOLLEN KICKS OFF FIRST OF SIX OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN STEVENS POINT September 18, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN APPLAUDS ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY AND ETHICS COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF STRANGULATION AND SUFFOCATION LEGISLATION September 18, 2007 VAN HOLLEN KICKS OFF FIRST OF SIX OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN STEVENS POINT September 18, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ASKS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BLOCK PROPOSED MERGER OF XM AND SIRIUS SATTELITE RADIO COMPANIES September 17, 2007 STATE TO RECOVER $4,527,946 FROM PURDUE PHARMACEUTICALS ON BEHALF OF WISCONSIN MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR COMPANY'S MISBRANDING OF OXYCONTIN September 13, 2007 DOMTAR INDUSTRIES AGREES TO PAY $35,000 TO SETTLE AIR POLLUTION LAWSUIT September 11, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN TO HOST SIX SEMINARS ON WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC RECORDS LAW AND OPEN MEETINGS LAW September 10, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN KICKS OFF "WE DON'T SERVE TEENS" WEEK IN MILWAUKEE September 7, 2007 Guidant To Pay $16 Million To States in Settlement with Attorneys General Over Sale of Defibrillators Knowb To Be Defective September 7, 2007 MEQUON MAN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF FRAUD AND SECURITIES FRAUD September 6, 2007 Report On School And Campus Safety Issued By Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, National Association Of Attorneys General Task Force September 6, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPEALS DISMISSAL OF IDENTITY THEFT CHARGE AGAINST CHRISTOPHER BARON August 31, 2007 Two Oneida County Landowners Who Disturbed Native American Burial Site To Build Home Must Restore The Site And Pay $16,750 Penalty August 31, 2007 Former Cedar Crest Nursing Home Caregiver Guilty Of Unlawfully Possessing Drugs Belonging To Elderly Patients August 30, 2007 Brown County To Pay Up To $75,000 For Gas Emission Violations At Two Landfills August 29, 2007 Columbia County Court Finds Probable Cause To Commit Jonathan Phillips To Treatment Under Chapter 980 August 29, 2007 Columbia County Court Finds Probable Cause To Commit Scott Maher To Treatment Under Chapter 980 August 23, 2007 Announces Chapter 980 Commitment of Monyelle August 21, 2007 Oshkosh Contractor Must Pay $40,000 for violating Wisconsin Pollution Discharge Laws August 21, 2007 City of Seymour Former Deputy Treasurer Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Nearly $600,000 August 17, 2007 Crandon Woman Ordered to Pay $17,500 for Dredging Stream and Grading Bank of Lake Lucerne August 13, 2007 Krist Oil Co. to Pay Civil Forfeitures for Multiple Violations of 24-Hour Gas Pricing Law August 10, 2007 Attorney General Van Hollen To Seek Supreme Court Review of Case Involving Attempted Sexual Assault of Dead Woman August 2, 2007 Child Sex Predator Michael Thiede Ordered to be Committed After Jury Verdict August 2, 2007 Havenwood Nursing and Rehab Center Former Chief of Operating Officer Charged in Milwaukee County Court August 1, 2007 Amber Alert Issued And Resolved For Superior Area July 31, 2007 DOJ INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES NO EVIDENCE FOUND LINKING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO SALE OF KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT July 31, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ADDRESSES NATIONAL AUDIENCE ON THE ROLE OF STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL July 26, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN CONCLUDES UW FRESHMAN ADMISSION POLICY DOES NOT EMPLOY UNLAWFUL RACIAL TESTS -- BUT CAUTIONS UW TO ENSURE INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF EACH APPLICANT July 25, 2007 Former Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced For Stealing Money From Citizens' Wallets While Checking Records During Traffic Stops July 24, 2007 MARINETTE COUNTY PROPERTY OWNER TO PAY $20,000 FOR ILLEGALLY FILLING WETLANDS July 24, 2007 Statement by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen in Response to Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau Report 07-9, "An Evaluation of State Prosecutor Positions" July 23, 2007 SCS Of Wisconsin, Inc., To Pay Forfeitures And Costs Of $58,735.50 For Violations of Asbestos Handling Regulations At Cudahy Project July 19, 2007 326 Sunny Industries Workers to Share $800,000 in Back Wages July 17, 2007 6,900 Wisconsin Consumers Eligible for $3.2 Million in Ameriquest Restitution July 17, 2007 Appeals Court Upholds Felony Murder Conviction Of Man Who Shot DOJ-DCI Agent July 11, 2007 AOL TO PAY STATES $3 MILLION AND REFUND WISCONSIN CUSTOMERS IN SETTLEMENT OVER CANCELLATION ISSUES July 10, 2007 U.S. OIL COMPANY, INC. SUED FOR VIOLATING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS July 10, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's Statement on Wisconsin Assembly Budget Package July 5, 2007 FOUR CHILDREN RECOVERED SAFELY IN MINNESOTA AFTER SUCCESSFUL AMBER ALERT ACTIVATION June 28, 2007 MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT AND CAPE AND SONS COMPANY TO PAY FORFEITURES OF AT LEAST $35,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS June 27, 2007 SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MILWAUKEE DRUG DEALER'S CONVICTION June 25, 2007 Kouba Well Drilling, Inc., Of Vernon County, Must Pay $120,000 Over Failure To Comply With State Water Protection Requirements June 25, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH LA CROSSE AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AT DISTRICT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR DAN KAPANKE June 25, 2007 Former R.N. Sentenced To Prison For Emergency Room Sexual Assaults June 22, 2007 INTERNET PEDDLER'S CONVICTION OF CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AFFIRMED BY COURT OF APPEALS June 21, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS TODAY WITH U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES June 20, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES ACTION AGAINST KOOL VIEW WINDOWS FOR DECEPTIVE MARKETING PRACTICES June 20, 2007 MISSING SIX YEAR OLD RETURNED SAFELY AFTER SUCCESSFUL AMBER ALERT ACTIVATION June 15, 2007 MILWAUKEE MAN SENTENCED ON THREE COUNTS OF IDENTITY THEFT June 8, 2007 48 FORMER WESTRA CONSTRUCTION, INC., Workers To SHARE $87,145 IN BACK WAGES June 8, 2007 Caregiver Found Guilty of Identity Theft For Unauthorized Use of Patients' Debit Card And Credit Card June 8, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ISSUES TWO FORMAL OPINIONS BEARING ON POWERS OF A COUNTY BOARD June 8, 2007 CHARLES & LUANDA WENDT FARMS, INC. will perform necessary CLEAN UP AND pay $6,593 for its violations of state hazardous substance spill remediation laws May 31, 2007 CHOICEPOINT TO PAY $5,000 TO WISCONSIN IN MULTI-STATE CONSUMER SETTLEMENT May 31, 2007 Inter City Oil Company Will Clean Up Spill Site And Pay $20,000 For Its Violations Of State Hazardous Substance Spill Remediation Laws May 31, 2007 Charter Manufacturing Of Mequon Will Pay Penalties Of $65,000 For Its Violations Of State Air Pollution Control Laws May 31, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES INFORMAL LEGAL OPINION CONCLUDING THAT COURTS WOULD NOT LIFT INJUNCTION PREVENTING ENFORCEMENT OF WISCONSIN'S PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION LAW May 31, 2007 Vernon County Sawmill Operator Emanuel Miller To Pay $10,000 For Repeated Open Burning Violations May 30, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Statement On Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee Action On DOJ Budget May 25, 2007 NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY OBSERVED IN WISCONSIN May 24, 2007 DOJ Files Petition Under Chapter 980 To Commit Carl Kaminski To Treatment May 23, 2007 Rollette Oil Company Will Pay $36,000 For Failure To Investigate And Remediate Hazardous Substance Spill May 23, 2007 Wisconsin Department Of Justice Files Petition Under Chapter 980 To Commit Jeffery Bonnin To Treatment May 23, 2007 Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds DOJ Petition On Drunk Driving Stops May 22, 2007 EVIDENCE OF WITNESS'S STATEMENT TO POLICE OFFICER INCONSISTENT WITH WITNESS'S TRIAL TESTIMONY ADMISSIBLE IN ASHLAND COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT PROSECUTION May 22, 2007 NORTH SHORE EAST WATER TRUST AGREES TO PAY $30,000 FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAFE DRINKING WATER LAWS May 22, 2007 Department of Justice Wins Important Criminal Sentencing Case In Wisconsin Supreme Court May 17, 2007 ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT LAWSUIT SETTLED AGAINST BROWN COUNTY DEVELOPER AND HIS EXCAVATING CONTRACTOR May 17, 2007 SECOND SIGNIFICANT WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS May 16, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Joins National Task Force To Examine Legal and Policy Barriers to Ensuring School Safety May 15, 2007 Former City of Seymour Deputy Treasurer And Bookkeeper Facing Criminal Charges She Embezzled Taxpayer Funds Will Forgo Her Right To Trial May 14, 2007 Wisconsin Law Enforcement Officers Lost In The Line Of Duty Remembered In Week Of Honors May 12, 2007 Trega Foods, Inc. Agrees To PAY $36,000 For Unlawful Wastewater Discharges And Fish Kill May 12, 2007 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA BILLING COMPANY, ILD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. May 10, 2007 FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED BY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY STEVEN BISKUPIC AGAINST LARRY J. LUPTON May 10, 2007 REGISTERED NURSE CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS COMMITTED IN HOSPITAL E.R. May 10, 2007 Wisconsin Missing Children and Adults Awareness Day Ceremony Commemorated on May 10, 2007 at the State Capitol May 9, 2007 CHILD SEXUAL PREDATOR HUNG NAM TRAN COMMITTED TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 May 8, 2007 Wisconsin To Receive $719,500 In Multi-State Settlement Reached With Drug Company Over Advertising Practices May 8, 2007 Annual Wisconsin's Missing Children & Adults Ceremony Thursday May 8, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J. B. VAN HOLLEN SEEKS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO FIGHT INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN May 3, 2007 KIDNAPPER'S CONVICTION UPHELD May 2, 2007 EVIDENCE OF METHAMPHETIMINE OBTAINED LAWFULLY IN INVESTIGATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH May 2, 2007 DOJ Employee Honored Nationally FOR WORK WITH MISSING CHILDREN AND ADULTS May 2, 2007 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS TRUTH IN JUSTICE AWARD TO Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen April 27, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen And United States Attorney Steven M. Biskupic Announce Three Individuals charged In "Tour Bus" Drug Trafficking Case; $3.9 Million Cash Seized April 26, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J. B. VAN HOLLEN JOINS AWARD WINNERS IN 2007 MISSING CHILDREN POSTER CONTEST IN MILWAUKEE April 25, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces National Crime Victims' Rights Week With Commemoration At Capitol April 25, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Rank & Son Buick-GMC, Inc. And Metropolitan Finance Co. Agree To Pay $24,244.00 In Settlement Over Hazardous Substance Discharges April 24, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ADDRESSES PROBLEM OF INTERNET SEX PREDATORS AT PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE April 23, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Westwood Aluminum Castings Inc., Agrees To Pay $45,000 In Settlement Over Storm-water Pollution April 23, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces National Crime Victims' Rights Week With Commemoration At Capitol On April 25, 2007 April 19, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES CONSUMER PROTECTION ACTION FILED AGAINST MEDLIFE PLUS, INC., AND FULL ACCESS MEDICAL LLC, FOR MISREPRESENTING HEALTH CARE CARD DISCOUNTS April 16, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Environmental Enforcement Settlement Against A Jackson County Asphalt Plant April 11, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES INJUNCTION ORDERED IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST WAUKESHA COUNTY DEVELOPER April 9, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Commitment Of Klemp To Treatment Under Chapter 980 April 3, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces hoffman construction TO PAY $100,000 FOR VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS March 30, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen appoints Neil Strobel Administrative Manager of DOJ Training & Standards Bureau March 30, 2007 Attorney General Van Hollen Diagnosed With Kidney Stone March 23, 2007 Attorney General Van Hollen Announces Significant Wisconsin Court of Appeals Decision Involving "Hit-and-Run" Statute March 22, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen PRESENTS TESTIMONY Before Joint Legislative Committee on Finance March 20, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN CRACKS DOWN ON WHITE COLLAR CRIME; PRAISES RECENT COURT OF APPEALS DECISION March 15, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces wilk convicted in death of three-year-old in her care March 14, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Statement on LEGISLATIVE Approval of Crime Lab Positions March 14, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES TWO CHARGED WITH FILING PHONY LIENS March 14, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES FILING OF APPELLATE BRIEF IN APPEAL INVOLVING MURDER OF DCI AGENT March 14, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES TWO CHARGED WITH FILING PHONY LIENS March 13, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces SETTLEMENT IN MARQUETTE COUNTY WETLANDS VIOLATIONS CASE March 13, 2007 Announces Sentencing in Felony Neglect Case at Rice Lake Day Treatment Center March 12, 2007 MILWAUKEE WOMAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS CONFINEMENT ON FOUR COUNTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FRAUD March 12, 2007 Announces Chapter 980 Commitment of Westby to Treatment March 12, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces settlement with Minnesota couple charged with unlawfully filling portions of a lakebed in washburn county March 9, 2007 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON STATE v. zawistkowski (the Cranberry case) March 6, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN MEETING TODAY WITH U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES TO DISCUSS STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL WISCONSIN LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS March 5, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces RESOLUTION OF WELL DRILLING ENFORCEMENT CASE AGAINST BRADLEY WEBSTER March 2, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT LAWSUIT WITH TOWN OF LISBON March 2, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES CONSUMER REFUND BY SONY BMG AND DOJ RECEIPT OF SETTLEMENT MONEY March 1, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Statement on Joint Committee on Finance Approval of Crime Lab Positions March 1, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES DOJ FILES PETITION UNDER CHAPTER 980 TO COMMIT STAEVEN TO TREATMENT March 1, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES DOJ FILES PETITION UNDER CHAPTER 980 TO COMMIT CHRISTOPHER J. SEELEY TO TREATMENT February 26, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces The Conviction And Sentencing Of A Green County Corporation For Filing False DNR Reports February 23, 2007 Attorney General j.B. Van Hollen Announces Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling In Jensen Homicide Pretrial Appeal Will Counteract The Effects Of Witness Intimidation And Aid Victims In Domestic Violence Prosecutions February 23, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces DOJ Files Petition Under Chapter 980 To Commit Fankhauser To Treatment February 22, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES RESOLUTION OF OPEN BURNING CASE AGAINST PORTAGE COUNTY MAN February 13, 2007 J.B. VAN HOLLEN'S STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR DOYLE'S BUDGET ADDRESS February 12, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Chapter 980 Commitment of Miller To Treatment February 12, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT REVIEWING STATE CRIME LAB RESOURCES FOR DNA ANALYSIS February 9, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Settlement With Waterloo Man February 9, 2007 Prescott Woman Charged With Embezzlement February 8, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Theft By Fraud Complaints Reissued In Case Against Former Rock County Attorney And Paralegal February 6, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces DOJ Files Petition Under Chapter 980 to Commit Tanon To Treatment February 5, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen appoints Gary Hamblin Administrator Of the Division of Law Enforcement Services For The Wisconsin Department Of Justice January 31, 2007 Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirms conviction of Portage County man for causing death by providing alcohol beverages to a minor January 31, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces settlement with Minnesota couple charged with unlawfully filling portions of a lakebed in washburn county January 30, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN PRAISES PASSAGE OF ETHICS REFORM PROPOSAL January 30, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen ANNOUNCES STEWART AND COMPASSIONATE MOTHERS, INC., CHARGED WITH MEDICAID FRAUD January 29, 2007 DOJ AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP ASSIST TRIBAL POLICE IN DRUG INVESTIGATION, ARRESTS AT LAC DU FLAMBEAU RESERVATION January 25, 2007 Wisconsin Department of Justice Teams Up with the Ad Council for New Youth Reckless Driving Prevention Campaign January 23, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR ETHICS PROPOSAL January 23, 2007 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Wisconsin will participate in 30-State Settlement with Bayer Corporation; Bayer to Register and Post Results of Clinical Trials and Pay $8 Million January 18, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL STATE APPEAL REINSTATING CRIMINAL CHARGE AND UPHOLDING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SCHOOL-ZONE PENALTY ENHANCER January 17, 2007 United States Supreme Court Overturns Seventh Circuit Decision Invalidating Shawano County Homicide Conviction January 16, 2007 UPDATE: ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES CHARGES FILED AGAINST PESHTIGO MAN IN DEATH OF HUNTER January 16, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT ETHICS REFORM LEGISLATION January 10, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. Van Hollen ANNOUNCES January 3, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES MILWAUKEE MAN IS CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING STATE MEDICAID SYSTEM January 3, 2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN'S INAUGURAL REMARKS PRESENTED TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL
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