News from August 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea and sentencing of TYRONE ANTHONY LAMAR STEWART, 35, to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. STEWART pleaded guilty and was sentenced earlier today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Christopher William Bounds, 37, of Lind, Washington, was convicted by a federal jury in Coeur d'Alene on six federal drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The jury found Bounds guilty of.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of VLADIMIR VALENTINOVICH CHEVTAYEV, 44, to 26 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. CHEVTAYEV, who was sentenced on Aug. 25, 2020, pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, 2019, to one count of conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 27, 2020, Truman Jones, age 45, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 211 months’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for heroin and crack cocaine trafficking and firearms offenses.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Reclamation and Utah State Parks urge the public to always practice safety precautions on or around bodies of water-including wearing approved personal flotation devices. Utah State Parks manages recreation on 12 Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs across Utah. Those parks are...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, Dotavious Antwann Robinson, a 28-year-old from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 70 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Robinson was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 324,032 metric tons of corn received in the reporting period for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Lake and Summit counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Tammy Fox, 49, of Carrolton, Illinois, was sentenced today to twenty months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig after pleading guilty to 2 counts of wire fraud related to her former position as Office Manager of Explosive Professionals Midwest, Incorporated, also known as ExPro Midwest. Fox was also ordered to make restitution to the victim company in the amount of $402,213.76.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: All national preserve lands will reopen Sunday, August 30th. The park’s Incident Response Team confirms that all park facilities and infrastructure remain undamaged by the forces of Hurricane Laura. We encourage all visitors to the preserve to exercise caution, as trees and branches may have blown down in the storm. It may take a few days until all debris can be safely removed.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced the seizure of three websites used by three front companies: Mobin International, Sohar Fuel, and Oman Fuel, that arranged a multimillion dollar fuel shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound for Venezuela.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Milwaukee, WI. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Milwaukee Field Office, the Kenosha Police Department, the Kenosha Fire Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the United ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Larry Arnowitz, 66, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Steven R. Clark to eighteen months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign funds for his personal use and expenses. The Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Raymond Cong Duong, 35, was sentenced on Friday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to 180 months in federal prison, for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation would like the public to be aware of possible changes in water depth in the Snake River downstream of American Falls Dam from now until mid-October. During rehabilitation of the American Falls Dam concrete spillway, potential changes of approximately 1-2 feet...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Over the past two weeks, federal, state and local authorities have arrested 21 individuals in connection with a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operations based in the Austin area, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Carbon and Emery counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTIAN RIVERA-TORRES, also known as “Pantera," 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, at a live, virtual event, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Assistant Secretary Daniel R Simmons announced the grand prize winners of the second round of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to increase U.S. solar manufacturing competitiveness. The two winning teams will each receive $500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: A Chicago man and a Cedar Rapids man who conspired with each other and others to sell heroin in Cedar Rapids were recently each sentenced to ten years in prison.