News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two members of an Atlantic City drug-trafficking organization, including the leader of the organization, pleaded guilty today to distributing large amounts of heroin throughout Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court, DEMERY BERNARD MCLYMORE, a resident of Roseboro, North Carolina, was convicted in a two-day jury trial before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III. The jury found MCLYMORE guilty of each of four charged counts: Carjacking, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of the Carjacking, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Devale Montray Jackson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Today, the Finance Committee will hear from three nominees. We will hear from a nominee to be an Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Treasury, a nominee to be an Assistant Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services and a nominee to the Social Security Advisory Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. Last week, Deshaun Lee Humeyumptewa, 25, of Bapchule, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 18 months in prison. Humeyumptewa previously pleaded guilty to Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to Intimate or Dating Partner. After release from imprisonment, Humeyumptewa will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joseph Lloyd James, 48, of Norfolk, entered a plea of guilty today in federal court in Omaha to First Degree Murder in Indian Country. James murdered Phyllis Hunhoff, of Yankton, South Dakota, on the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in Nebraska. United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYRESE HARGROVE, also known as “T.Y.," 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Devron Lasha Young, Jr., age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute approximately 75 grams of fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl-enough to kill 37,500 people. Young was charged in federal court as part of a federal-state initiative announced in December 2018 to combat the fentanyl crisis in Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Delshawn K. Trueheart, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to production of child pornography. Production of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Michigan man who admitted defrauding two Missoula persons in a cryptocurrency scam was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $208,718 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Commissioner of Reclamation Brenda Burman released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Bradley A. Seyer, D.D.S., 53, of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced today to 18 months of imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. Previously, on June 26, 2019, Dr. Seyer pleaded guilty to two felony charges of making false statements to Medicare and illegally issuing prescriptions for narcotic opioid drugs, including Hydrocodone, without a legitimate medical purpose.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Washington-Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the ninth anniversary of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) entering into force...
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Vice President Mike Pence and Senate colleagues in a meeting with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaidó.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Bradley A. Seyer, D.D.S., 53, of Florissant, Missouri, was sentenced today to 18 months of imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. Previously, on June 26, 2019, Dr. Seyer pleaded guilty to two felony charges of making false statements to Medicare and illegally issuing prescriptions for narcotic opioid drugs, including Hydrocodone, without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Damian Anthony Lang of St. Croix was arrested February 4, 2020 for the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Monroeville pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Marcus Foster, 30, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 24 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury found a Montana man guilty Tuesday for his role as a broker for a Swiss company involved in a multimillion-dollar international fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD -Seven Rockford residents have been arrested by law enforcement officers on federal drug-trafficking and firearm charges.
