News from February 2020
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Department of State’s decision to designate five Chinese media entities as foreign missions under the Foreign Missions Act:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Aaron Thompson, 35, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Majed Bashir Akroush, aka "Mike Akroush," aka "Magic Mike," 52, of Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to structure at least half a million dollars in cash withdrawals from his bank accounts, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the plea.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served two immigration subpoenas today on the Washington County Sheriff’s Office requesting information on two illegal aliens who were criminally arrested in Hillsboro, Oregon. These immigration subpoenas are necessary due to dangerous sanctuary laws that are forcing Oregon counties, to include local law enforcement agencies in these counties, to refuse ICE’s requests for information and cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months’ imprisonment on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that GREG MILLER pled guilty today to participating in a $9 million scheme to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The chief executive officer of PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, was sentenced today for defrauding the company’s investors and obstructing an SEC investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: WEST PALM BEACH−U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith sentenced Gary Roger Kolligian, 65, of South Palm Beach, Florida, to 97 months in prison for possessing child pornography, some of which depicted children under age 12. The judge also sentenced Kolligian to 15 years of supervised release following his prison term.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
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By USDA Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 18, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2020 general signup that there is less than two weeks before the enrollment deadline of Feb. 28, 2020. This signup is available to farmers and private landowners who are either enrolling for the first time or re-enrolling for another 10- to 15-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man who allegedly lured commercial sex workers to travel from out of state to engage in prostitution and other sexual acts by use of force, violence and threats in and around Middlesex County, New Jersey, will appear in court today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Cleveland, Ohio was sentenced on charges of violating federal robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, further growing the ranks of Senate Republican support. Other Senate Republicans are expected to announce their support for the bill in the coming days. Last week, Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) endorsed Grassley’s bill.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s waiving procurement laws to build his wall...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden woman was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for accessing a protected computer without authorization, stealing money from her employer and then laundering the proceeds of her theft, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A North Carolina man who took part in a conspiracy to steal design information from aircraft companies to speed up approval of competing airplane technology has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: Amhad Jones, 26, pleaded guilty to five counts of interfering with commerce by robbery and three counts of using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for a series of armed robberies in Cleveland, Ohio last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A California man was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for smuggling 18 pounds of cocaine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Dajuan Sharron, 43, of Omaha, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 96 months’ imprisonment for Robbery of Personal Property of the United States. He will also be required to pay $1,500 in restitution to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and will serve 3 years of supervised release following his release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Craig Alex Levin, 64, of King of Prussia, PA was charged by Indictment with child exploitation offenses related to his travel to the Philippines. The Indictment was filed in December 2019 and unsealed today. The defendant is currently in custody in the Philippines and awaiting deportation back to the United States.
