News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremiah Edwards, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty yesterday evening of armed robbery of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store, brandishing a firearm during that crime, being a felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Daniel Smith, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, was charged in a criminal complaint with robbery affecting interstate commerce of a Hammond Boost Mobile store, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve and the communities of the Denali Borough invite all who love winter to come and celebrate Alaska’s longest season at Winterfest 2020, which is scheduled for February 21-23. This long-running, community-wide event features an array of activities, with something for all ages, interests, and abilities!.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Sixty-four individuals with ties to various white supremacist gangs have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 820 years in federal prison following an investigation led by the Texas Department of Public Safety, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Pikeville man was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday evening, for being a felon in possession of a pistol and sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Four Defendants for Operating Knoxville-Area Pill Mills.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Tyndall, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, this week continued his oversight of the Trump Administration’s strategy to respond to the global Coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 60,000 individuals worldwide...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man was charged this week in U.S. District Court with defrauding five federally insured financial institutions and two investor families of more than $5 million dollars, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Ten people from South Jersey and Philadelphia have been charged with participating in a scheme to defraud individuals, companies, and financial institutions by misappropriating the victims’ bank account information and using that information to withdraw over $1.5 million in funds to which they were not entitled, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old Cypress resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for illegally possessing a machine gun and impersonating a federal agent, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah doctor who operated a “pill mill" dispensing massive amounts of controlled substances - sometimes in return for cash or sex - has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Jackson County man for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge James G. Hernandez.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served four immigration subpoenas Friday on the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office (SDSO) requesting information about multiple illegal aliens who were criminally arrested in San Diego, yet under California’s sanctuary state laws, the SDSO cannot...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -Randy Eignor, age 49, of Rotterdam, New York, appeared yesterday in federal court on a charge that he attempted to entice a minor into sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Michael C. Greutman, 59, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: A federal jury found a Chicago woman guilty today for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of approximately $7 million between 2011 and 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was indicted Thursday on federal charges of assaulting an undercover officer after she paid him $400 for a handgun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darius Murphy, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a period of nineteen-and-a-half years of incarceration for second-degree murder while armed announced Timothy J. Shea, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty pleas of MICHAEL JACOB BLANDFORD, 28, and MATTHEW JON LEIGLAND, 26, to one count each of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. BLANDFORD and LEIGLAND, who were initially charged on April 26, 2019, entered their guilty pleas before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
