News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Darrell Morgan Watts was arrested yesterday by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) on three outstanding warrants involving aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, aggravated kidnapping and felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: James Eakes, a former deputy jailer with the Fulton County Detention Center in Hickman, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison and one year of supervised release for willfully depriving a Kentucky citizen of his constitutional rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to two bank robberies and the armed robbery of a Subway store during a February 2016 crime spree.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: The subject of today’s hearing is one of critical importance to the United States. Infrastructure is, after all, the backbone of the American economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A defendant who attempted to distribute a large amount of methamphetamine in Middle Georgia has been sentenced to prison, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell sentenced Kathleen Rojas, 37, of Fayetteville...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Plum Borough, PA, has been sentenced in federal court today to 10 years (120 months) of imprisonment on his conviction for violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Keith Rose, an inmate at FCI Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has admitted to and was sentenced for an assault charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Russell Clark, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months incarceration for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Today, a federal grand jury in El Paso, Texas, indicted Patrick Wood Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, on hate crimes and firearm charges in connection with the murder of 22 people and attempted murder of 23 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019. The announcement was made by Assistant...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Ocean Springs, Miss. - Gulf Islands National Seashore officials announced plans to conduct small controlled burns within the Davis Bayou Area near Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The planned burns are scheduled to be conducted between early February and early March.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Operator of New Jersey Home Health Care Agency Sentenced to Prison for Not Paying Employment Taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Arshad Nazir, age 55, of Ticonderoga, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 1 year and 1 day in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to defraud Medicaid, and conspiring to pay bribes and kickbacks to Medicaid beneficiaries who used his medical transportation service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: The DEA is grateful for the President’s leadership on this issue as we continue our fight to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. This legislation is critical to DEA’s mission - to keep Americans safe by keeping these dangerous drugs off the streets. We look forward to working with our partners in the Administration and Congress to permanently schedule these drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for her role in conspiring to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in the overdose of an inmate at a New Jersey State prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that FRANCISCO ANTONIO ESCOTO-AVILA, age 38, was charged on Jan. 30, 2020 in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Laverne Schaeffer, age 48, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on February 5, 2020 to 28 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Eric Eoin Marques, age 33, of Dublin, Ireland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to advertise child pornography on the dark web. Marques, a dual national citizen of the United States and Ireland, was extradited by Irish authorities and arrived in the United States on March 23, 2019, to face federal criminal charges filed in Maryland on August 8, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Alexandria men pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit approximately $3.9 million for unlawfully employing unauthorized immigrants over several years and defrauding Goodwill of Greater Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged a 78-year-old Cincinnati man with sexually exploiting a toddler.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Eric Eoin Marques, age 33, of Dublin, Ireland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to advertise child pornography on the dark web. Marques, a dual national citizen of the United States and Ireland, was extradited by Irish authorities and arrived in the United States on March 23, 2019, to face federal criminal charges filed in Maryland on August 8, 2013.
