News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former city administrator of Fredonia was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison for child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Top Democrats from the House Ways and Means Committee, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, House Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee yesterday called for the Trump Administration to withdraw a Social Security Administration (SSA) proposal that would make it more difficult...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dyshawn Fisher, age 25, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute marijuana, possessing a firearm as a felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Efrain Espinoza-Pena, 47, a Mexican national, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque yesterday to 120 months in prison for conspiracy, distribution, and possession with intent to distribute more than 33 pounds of methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $4.2 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to nine airports in North Dakota. This investment in North Dakota’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - Are you already thinking of a relaxing summer getaway to a cabin in the woods? Or perhaps next season’s hunting trip beckons and you need a place to stay while stalking elusive big game on public lands?
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $2.26 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to seven airports in Indiana. This investment in Indiana’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Thirty individuals, most currently in custody, were indicted Wednesday by two federal grand juries for trafficking drugs in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $374,489 in airport safety and infrastructure grants to three airports in New York. This investment in New York’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Branden Coluccio, 32, of Doylestown, PA entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information, charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The charges against the defendant stem from federal and state investigations into elaborate insurance fraud schemes involving a Bucks and Montgomery County-based addiction treatment center, Liberation Way.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Judith Gay Jackson, age 70, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Misprision of a Felony, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 4, punishable by not more than 3 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Darrell Donnell McDonald, 39, of Biloxi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 108 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years supervised release, for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Feb. 12, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Jose David Santiago-Curet, age 23, of York, Pennsylvania, to five years’ imprisonment followed by five years on supervised release for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A former resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to tribal energy challenges. Indian Energy Champions is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy blog series spotlighting innovators in Indian energy.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $2.45 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to nine airports in Minnesota. This investment in Minnesota’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Mike Akroush, aka Magic Mike, 52, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to structure at least half a million dollars in cash withdrawals from his bank accounts, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Haskell Doak Willis, age 65, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $10.7 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 18 airports in Nebraska. This investment in Nebraska’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Saul Rodriguez-Soto, 39, Indianapolis, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney, in the federal courthouse in Indianapolis, for charges of racketeering and money laundering.
