News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3283, to amend title 4, United States Code, to permit the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of the Mayor of the District of Columbia...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Alfonzo Jamal Lewis has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A jury today convicted an East Glacier Park man accused of killing one passenger and seriously injuring a second passenger after he had been drinking and driving and crashed in Glacier National Park last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5581, the Access to Counsel Act of 2020...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul E. Lubienecki, 62, of Hamburg, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Faces at Least 20 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A South Georgia pharmacy and its pharmacist are accused in a newly filed federal civil complaint with dispensing thousands of highly addictive controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Jonathan Andrew Blacksmith, a/k/a Jon Andrew Blacksmith, age 44, was found guilty of 2 counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, 2 counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and 1 count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime following a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm has sentenced Alfred E. Jerry, 28, of Charleston, Ill., to 22 years in prison for the May 2, 2019, armed robbery of the Team Wireless store in Charleston, Ill. Jerry was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A jury today convicted a Billings man of methamphetamine crimes for his role in a large trafficking organization that brought hundreds of pounds of the drug into Montana, U.S Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The former mayor of La Joya has been indicted on two counts of wire fraud relating to a public relations contract and the purchase of real property, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 29-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to transport aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) during today’s hearing titled: “Animals in Disasters."
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)released a report including a database of businesses operating in the Palestinian territories:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jermaine Stamps, 33, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Stamps pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Ahn Le, 21, of Daphne, Alabama, was sentenced today to 121 months on three federal charges relating to drugs and guns. In July of 2019, Le entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and two counts of using, carrying or possessing a firearm during or in relation to a drug trafficking felony.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: During the month of February, Fort Stanwix National Monument will be presenting two special programs for history buffs and families in the area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Join park rangers at Whitman Mission National Historic Site (NHS) on a journey west via national park films every Saturday this March. Visitors will learn about westward expansion and Pacific Northwest National Park sites through the lens of park films. Each film is approximately 30 minutes long and will begin at 2 p.m. in the Visitor Center auditorium. After each film visitors are invited to participate in a 30 minute ranger-led discussion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Eugene Sanchez Crayton, 27, of Mobile, was sentenced this morning in federal court for his involvement in the distribution of controlled substances while carrying a firearm. In October of 2019, Crayton entered...
