News from February 2020
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - Bureau of Land Management law enforcement from the Twin Falls District recently wrapped up an investigation into the dumping of 13 cattle carcasses on public land just outside Shoshone. A BLM employee discovered the carcasses earlier this winter. This isn’t the first time a substantial number of carcasses dumped on public land have been discovered.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Dear President Giammattei: Congratulations on your inauguration as President of Guatemala. We look forward to working closely with you in the coming years to strengthen our bilateral partnership and to support the Guatemalan people. To that end, we write to express our concern over a law recently passed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 30-year-old Houston man on 12 counts related to the robbery or attempted robbery of six local banks, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old resident of Bay City made an appearance in federal court today and admitted he was responsible for killing a protected species, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Tennessee Podiatrist Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 30-year-old Houston man on 12 counts related to the robbery or attempted robbery of six local banks, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - A northeastern Nebraska agricultural company and a local businessman each pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to their roles in a conspiracy to harbor and employ illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment last week charging a Bend, Oregon resident with using a microbrewery equipment company to defraud customers of more than $800,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Lancaster County man who was convicted of the murder of a Virginia State Police Special Agent pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, on Tues., Feb. 25, 2020, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a series of search warrants as part of “Operation Cold Snap," resulting in federal charges against 16 individuals for federal firearm and drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that O’Neill Ventures, Inc., a tomato greenhouse and packing plant located in O’Neill, Nebraska, entered a felony plea of guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens. The plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Former Executive Director of Nonprofit Sentenced for Illegally Diverting Charity Funds to Unnamed State Senator and Convicted Lobbyist.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Kamholtz, 33, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), Republican Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the Department of Labor's oversight of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Brian Keith Blalock, Jr., 25, of Pascagoula, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 30 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent-in-Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Blalock also was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today the conclusion of the prosecution of Ivan Alexis Nunez and his co-conspirators. Ivan Alexis Nunez (age: 45) of Milwaukee, WI was sentenced by the Honorable J.P. Stadtmueller to 120 months in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Feb. 24, 2020, Jacob Allen Washburn, age 29, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition. Washburn was sentenced to 48 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Arrests in Four States of Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Targeting Journalists and Activists.
