News published on Federal Newswire in February 2020

News from February 2020


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two women have received hefty federal prison sentences for producing and distributing child pornography.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $31.4 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to 11 airports in Colorado. This investment in Colorado’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1.49 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to four airports in South Dakota. This investment in South Dakota’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


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 13 airports in Arkansas. This investment in Arkansas’ airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: EL PASO, TX - In El Paso today, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 27-year-old Gregory Keith Robinson, and 26-year-old Jaquan Bray for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $1.5 Million to 7 Airports in New Mexico

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1.5 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants to seven airports in New Mexico. This investment in New Mexico’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Alexis Laguerra, Raymond Soto, Jr. and Raymond Soto, Sr. were sentenced by United States District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein to 30 months, 33 months and 18 months in prison, respectively, for bank larceny in connection with the theft of over...


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegal reentry and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $1,311,606 in airport safety and infrastructure grants to two airports in Maryland. This investment in Maryland’s airports is part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports that was announced today by Secretary Chao.


Two Poughkeepsie men sentenced for selling fentanyl that led to the deaths of at least four users

News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced that Frank Moss, a/k/a “Jigga," a Poughkeepsie drug dealer whose fentanyl led to the overdose...


ICE arrests Jamaican man released by Philadelphia Police Department after city officials decline to honor detainer

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Feb. 18, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested an illegally present Jamaican man, who was released from Philadelphia custody, despite the presence of an ICE immigration detainer filed with local authorities.


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Dorchester Man Charged with Sex Trafficking

News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was arrested today on various sex trafficking charges.


New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms

News Release: ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, Feb. 19, 2020-A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom poisons in minutes has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues.


United States Attorney’s Office Hosts Annual Office Awards Ceremony

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Yesterday, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst recognized members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi and its partners with the presentation of the Southern District’s annual awards for outstanding performance in 2019.


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.


Montgomery County 'Pill Mill' Doctor Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegal Opioid Distribution

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dr. Spiro Y. Kassis, 66, of Plymouth Township, PA was sentenced to 48 months’ incarceration, two years’ supervised release and a $25,000 fine by United States District Judge Gene E. K. Pratter after pleading guilty to 14 counts of...


News Release: LAS VEGAS- The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration from Feb. 22, 2020 through Feb. 23, 2020. This action is being taken to minimize the risk of potential collisions between racers and spectators for the 2020 Laughlin Desert Classic.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was arrested today on various sex trafficking charges.


Two MS-13 Members Each Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Participating In A Violent Racketeering Conspiracy, Including A Murder

News Release: Third MS-13 Associate Sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison-Served as the Driver in a Murder Conspiracy; Murdered Victim Was Stabbed to Death, Beheaded, and Dismembered.