News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cross Lanes woman pled guilty to a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandi Martin, 35, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorneys from Oklahoma share Attorney General William Barr’s concerns with sanctuary policies in some cities across our nation expressed yesterday at the National Sheriff’s Association conference. (See remarks here) U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing, Western District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Local Suicide Intervention Skills Trainers Awarded Top Honor by FBI Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - The owner of a Cincinnati-based construction company pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining employee safety training certificates and embezzling from the company’s pension benefit program. Ron Craig Estes, owner of R&R Steel, LLC, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Black to one count of mail fraud and one count of theft from an employee benefit plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Mexican National illegally in the U.S., Roberto Bernal Salas, also known as Enrique Navarrette Salas, 43, was sentenced on Tuesday to 66 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS") Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") in New York, and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's first day of public witness hearings on tribal programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Dwyer, 49, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced today in federal court on one count of wire fraud arising out of the embezzlement of approximately $2.2 million over a ten-year period from her Lyndonville employer...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Kane County, Utah, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HAKEEM BASIR, 56, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Bank of San Juan Internacional, Inc. (“BSJI") and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico (“USAO-PR") have resolved pending investigations and litigation and matters related to that litigation. The litigation stemmed from a federal investigation of BSJI that...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An East Greenwich attorney and businesswoman who duped family members, friends, and business associates as she operated a $10.3 million Ponzi scheme to help finance an extravagant lifestyle, including a $1 million home, numerous expensive trips abroad and multiple trips to the Super Bowl...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Mary Handzus, age 63, of Laporte, Pennsylvania, was charged on Feb. 10, 2020, in a criminal information with theft.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) led the introduction of a resolution opposing changes proposed by the Trump Administration to make significant rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The resolution is co-sponsored by House Committee on Natural Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Three former residents of Erie, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Open World Leadership Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant MICHAEL LOUIS MCCARRON, age 34, from Washington, was sentenced in the District Court of Guam to 120 months imprisonment. On Oct. 31, 2019, a federal jury found...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained over $300,000. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Julie M. Wheeler entered a guilty plea for federal health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Wheeler, 43, of Beckley, faces up to 10 years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2020
News Release: Part Owner of International Trading Business Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Tax Fraud.
