News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Bob Ibenne Ugwa, 50, a Portland resident, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for making repeated threatening and harassing telephone calls to seven individuals over an eight-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - On Nov. 27, a federal jury sitting in Lexington found Richard C. Duerson and Jennifer G. McFarland, both of Richmond, Kentucky, guilty of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice Announces Arrest of United States Citizen for Assisting North Korea in Evading Sanctions.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Intelligence Committee, Oversight and Reform Committee, and the Foreign Affairs Committee released a Republican report evaluating the evidence presented in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Despite the abusive and fundamentally unfair process in the Democrats’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Robert Lee Powell, II, 52, of Columbia, Tennessee, was sentenced today in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Powell pled guilty to the charge in August of 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after voting to confirm Dan Brouillette to be Secretary of Energy. The Senate confirmed Brouillette, who will replace departing Secretary Rick Perry, through a bipartisan vote of 70-15.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man with a prior conviction for transporting child pornography pleaded guilty in federal court today to another child pornography offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that JOSHUA AARON DAVIS, 40, of Fayetteville, NC, was sentenced by United States District Judge James C. Dever, III. Co-defendant CORNELIUS THOMAS was sentenced by Judge Dever on October 9, 2019. THOMAS was sentenced to 132 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release. DAVIS was sentenced to 240 months of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office, the Minneapolis Division of the FBI, the Duluth Police Department, and the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office will convene a community meeting on Dec. 3, 2019, to talk about the issue of sextortion and the alarming increase that law enforcement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The 97th National Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 5 beginning at 4:30 p.m. on the Ellipse in President’s Park. The National Park Service and United States Park Police are working in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement and public safety personnel to provide for the safety of all guests attending the National Christmas Tree Lighting. Every effort has been made to minimize the impact of these safety measures.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. Week of December 9, 2019. [new]. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing. RE: “The Implementation of Farm Bill International Food Assistance and Development Programs"...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: DENVER - A Mexican national living in Colorado was sentenced to six years in federal prison Dec. 2, for possession with intent to distribute of nearly 1,400 grams of fentanyl. He was also ordered to forfeit more than $40,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL - Marek Harrison (56, Plant City) has pleaded guilty to bank fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president of a bible college will appear in court today on charges he sexually assaulted a student on an international flight bound for Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Houston couple has been ordered to federal prison for knowingly and intentionally conspiring to transport illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Carpentersville man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis to mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distributing and possessing videos and images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 51-year-old Dallas resident has entered a guilty plea to conspiring to import a large quantity of heroin and meth into the United States near Laredo, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
