News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that the following defendants were arrested and charged by Complaint on charges of conspiracy and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA") based on their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian oil.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced defendant Robert Bernard Carlise, also known as Robert Bernard Carlisle, 73, of Mobile, Alabama, to imprisonment for 46 months for bank robbery. As...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Harvey Short, 32, of Cleveland, was arraigned today on two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud as well as 26 counts of wire fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A rural Illinois man was sentenced Tuesday to 26 years in prison for committing sex crimes against two minor girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A California man today admitted shipping approximately 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and conspiring to send an additional 5 kilograms of fentanyl into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A rural Douglas County, Ill., man, Dennis H. West, was sentenced today to 26 years in prison for committing sex crimes against minor girls. West, 44, of Atwood, Ill., a rural community approximately 30 miles east of Decatur, Ill., appeared before U.S District Judge Michael M. Mihm in Urbana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grandview, Missouri, man who was wounded in a shoot-out on Troost Avenue pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 39 Virginia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses caused by two separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 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 Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “Looking Forward: The Future of America’s Aviation Maintenance and Manufacturing Workforce."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 20 competitors who have been invited to advance to the next phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 3, a competition designed to incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs to strengthen American leadership in solar energy innovation and domestic manufacturing.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Coast Guard is America's maritime first responder. Just like their counterparts on dry land, these first responders are called to action when citizens are in distress, when a crime has been committed, and when natural disasters strike. They are rescuers, law enforcement, border patrol and, in...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management High Plains District’s most recent retiree leaves with him an impressive career and a total number of years in federal service rivaled by few, if you’re counting dog years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A former Louisiana man, Dallas Eugene Clement, 58, has been ordered to serve 27 months in prison for failure to comply with the federal Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA). Clement had been living in Mattoon, Ill., when he was arrested in March 2019. U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm sentenced Clement on Feb. 10, 2020, and ordered him to serve a 10-year term of supervised release upon completion of his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 20 Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Arenac, Barry, Bay, Branch, Chippewa, Clare, Gladwin, Ionia, Lake, Luce, Mackinac, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Tuscola, Van Buren, and Wexford counties...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Through a new memorandum of understanding, NOAA scientists will advise and join OceanX offsite link on missions aboard specially designed high-tech OceanX vessels to advance their shared goals to explore and characterize the deep ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Rhode Island Property Developer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for $10 Million Ponzi Scheme and Obstructing IRS Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm today sentenced Thomas L. Bishop, 60, of the 1600 block of West Bradley Ave., in Champaign, Ill., to nine years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor in August 2019. Judge Mihm ordered that Bishop remain on supervised release for a ten-year term following his release from the federal Bureau of Prisons. Bishop has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest in August 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A total of five men from Laredo have admitted to conspiracy and possessing with the intent to distribute various amount of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
