News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - John Adam Hoskins, 35, of Paris was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute and attempt to possess with intent to distribute actual methamphetamine. Hoskins was also sentenced as a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Attorney General William P. Barr and John C. Anderson, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven of America’s most violent cities - including Albuquerque - through a stream of federal resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Brandon Williams, 26, of Dover, was sentenced yesterday to 51 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark. Williams previously pled guilty to stealing firearms from a Millsboro gun store and to the possession of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing guns, due to Williams’ prior felony conviction in Delaware state court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERMAINE SCOTT, also known as “Maine G," 39, formerly of New Britain, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey sentenced DARRYL DOUSE a.k.a. “TURKEY", age 29, a resident of New Orleans, on Dec. 17, 2019 for his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 57-year-old Brownsville woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of sex trafficking of a 10-year-old girl, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: State Department Employee and Spouse Indicted for Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods from U.S. Embassy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Member of “The Dark Overlord" Hacking Group Extradited From United Kingdom to Face Charges in St. Louis.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the passage of 12 bipartisan measures through the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including his Global Hope Act. The Global Hope Act will support efforts to help lower childhood cancer mortality rates in developing countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - WENDELL L. REEVES, 32, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for possessing ammunition after a felony conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven of America’s most violent cities-including Baltimore-through a surge in federal resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to traffic 35 guns into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As we approach the end of 2019, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) highlighted the Subcommittee’s work to protect Americans from dangerous consumer products, promote travel and tourism and combat fraud, safeguard consumer privacy both online and offline, and more. The Subcommittee held 12 hearings, two markups and passed eight bills this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Mark Wesley Schmit (50, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Schmit was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Janardhan Nellore Admits the Insider Trading Conspiracy Made More Than $7 Million in Illegal Profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Provided the Victim with Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ethan Cole Endres, age 28, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A San Bernardino County man faces federal criminal charges that he masterminded a bank account “bust-out" scheme that defrauded Wells Fargo out of $2.4 million and compromised more than 900 of its accounts.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Mohammed hakim upchurch, 25, of Raleigh to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
