News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Norma Llamas Rodriguez, age 46, of Moreno Valley, California, and her son, Carlos Arturo Garcia, age 21, of West Valley City, are charged with firearms trafficking in a seven-count federal indictment unsealed Monday afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District is hosting a public meeting to share information and invite comments on a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to resolve adverse effects to historic properties in and near the Anaconda Mine. The meeting will be an open house from 4-6 p.m., on Thursday, March 12, at the Yerington public library (20 Nevin Way). Public comments will be accepted from February 27 through March 18, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Craig Gustafson, 45, of Grover, MO, pled guilty to twenty counts of failing to remit employee withholding taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and four counts of failing to file personal income tax returns. Gustafson appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel who accepted his plea and set sentencing for June 5, 2020.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: More information about Tuvalu is available on the Tuvalu country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Derek Shawn Pendergraft, 22, of Asheville, has been sentenced to life in prison, for the murder of his co-worker, Sara Ellis. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over today’s sentencing hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS - Make plans to view the wonders of the night sky at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, March 14. Beginning at 6:30 pm at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, the National Park Service will host programs highlighting the marvels of the night sky and the importance of preserving dark skies. The Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will set up telescopes and offer a stargazing experience from 7:50 to 9:30 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Note: In response to guidance from the New York State Department of Health, the Ranger Time children’s programs scheduled for this spring are cancelled. This cancellation supports federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained over $74,000. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Nitro, West Virginia woman entered a guilty plea to the felony offense of fraudulently obtaining Social Security Income benefits, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Teresa Ahrent, 56, faces up to 5 years of incarceration when...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Memphis International Airport (MEM) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Anthony Ingram, 32, was sentenced today for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an Alabama woman. United States District Judge Sara Lioi sentenced Ingram to 30 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. A jury previously convicted Ingram after a week-long trial in October.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK-NatureBridge is seeking participants for its Summer Backpacking programs in Yosemite and Olympic National Parks. Enrollment is open for students entering 7th-12th grade. Each summer, NatureBridge -the largest nonprofit educational partner of the National Park Service -leads one- and two-week environmental science programs through some of the United States’ most beautiful protected lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Feb. 20, a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Heather Christiansen Stanley, 47, of Bakersfield, charging her with five counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, and one count of attempt to evade and defeat assessment of a tax, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a six-count indictment yesterday charging JOSEPH NADER, 53, of Torrington, with fraud offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Catherine Elizabeth Pugh, age 69, of Baltimore, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: A man who failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced on Feb. 26, 2020, to more than four years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -A former associate scientist was sentenced Thursday in federal court for stealing proprietary information worth more than $1 billion from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - This week, U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced five defendants, including a doctor, to federal prison terms for their roles in a scheme that defrauded Tricare and Medicare out of more than $9.6 million. The defendants tricked beneficiaries into having the federal health care programs pay for medically unnecessary compounded prescription medicines and cancer genetic tests. Their sentences are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Travis Christopher Harvey, 41, of West Des Moines, Iowa, was convicted on Feb. 27, 2020, following a jury trial before United States Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five hundred grams or more of methamphetamine. Sentencing for Harvey is scheduled for May 27, 2020. Harvey is facing a term of imprisonment of at least ten years to life.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- United States Attorney John W. Huber announced today the creation of Utah Women in Leadership (UWIL), an inter-agency initiative designed to bring together employees of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Public Defender’s Office, U.S. District Court, the U.S. Probation Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, and other federal agencies and civil practitioners to foster professional development and association.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TERRELL POLK was sentenced today to 35 years in prison in connection with his participation in a crack cocaine conspiracy and related firearms charges. As the evidence at trial established, POLK committed...
