News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ronald Randolph, 42, of Washington, D.C. was sentenced today by Judge Todd Edelman to 26 ½ years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Shameka Jones, U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Shea announced. Randolph previously pled guilty to one count of second degree murder while armed with a sentencing range of 20 to 28 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Pikeville woman, Christina Brook Mitchell, 31, was sentenced on Friday to 420 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for production and distribution of child pornography.
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: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Joseph Coates, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery in which a firearm was brandished.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS JOSEPH GENOVESE was sentenced on February 11 in Manhattan federal court to 140 months in federal prison for committing securities fraud. GENOVESE induced more than $11.2 million in investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Chicago Woman Found Guilty for Role in $7 Million Scheme to Defraud Medicare.
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: PHOENIX-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to participate in an informational pre-application workshop regarding the Orion Solar facility proposed on BLM-administered public lands south of Interstate 10, 30 miles east of Quartzsite. The Feb. 19 workshop will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Quartzsite Community Center located at 295 E. Chandler Street, Quartzsite, AZ 85346.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated Jafet Rodriguez, 39, of Hazleton Pennsylvania, has been charged with unlawfully smuggling tropical birds into Vermont from Canada, in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the federal anti-smuggling statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against four defendants for their roles in running “pill mills," announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowksi of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U. S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that in Federal court, BRANDON DUDLEY, a 34-year-old resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, received a thirty (30) year sentence following his conviction before Chief United States District...
By State Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was convicted of making a false statement when he purchased a firearm was sentenced yesterday to 28 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Ray Roundtree of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for the San Francisco Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: The Cleveland FBI Announce the Arrest of Christopher Hanna for Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Feb. 13, 2020, Jose Antonio Yanez, 50, of Pirtleville, Ariz., was sentenced to 72 months in prison by United States District Judge James A. Soto. Yanez had previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Receiving a Bribe, and Importation of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance. Yanez was also ordered to pay $340,434 in restitution to United States Border Patrol, for salary he received while he was involved in the conspiracy.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market, LLC (Mid-Kentucky Livestock) of Upton...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Animal Health International Will Pay More Than $52 Million in Forfeitures, Fines, and Penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: State Department Contracting Officer Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Procurement Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced the resolution of several cases this week, all of which are separately noted.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant charged in connection with incident during which he allegedly threatened Tenderloin bar owner at gunpoint.
