News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry D. Brodie, Jr., 38, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who was subject to one of the largest Fentanyl seizures in Virginia at the time, was convicted last night at the conclusion of a six-day jury trial on federal charges relating to a poly-drug conspiracy, United State Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “The whole premise of this hearing is false. “Corporate taxes aren’t disappearing, they are growing - more than 12% last year. And according to CBO, corporate revenues are set to rise over the next decade both in real dollars and as a percent of GDP. “The claim that corporations...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Troy MacDermott, 36, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve seven years and three months in federal prison, to be followed by a 40-year term of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. MacDermott was also ordered to pay $42,000 in restitution to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Trial dates in April 2020 have been scheduled for three Bloomington area men who have been indicted in separate cases on charges of child sex trafficking. A federal grand jury returned the indictments on Feb. 19, 2020, and the cases were unsealed as each made their respective initial appearances in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Mallory Nooks, 31, of Fitchburg, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 60 months for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced TERRY SLAUGHTER, 46, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to six months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. On Feb. 19...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Two illegal aliens were sentenced and one pled guilty in federal court today to illegally reentering the United States after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, and Gregory Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol, New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Gladys Marie Fairley, 62, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to 15 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for making a false statement when purchasing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"). Fairley was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: David Wesley Gilreath charged after FBI found tens of thousands of images and videos of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two MS-13 members pleaded guilty today to their respective roles in a December 2018 shooting and stabbing that occurred in Four Mile Run Park on the border of Alexandria and Arlington.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, TX - Two Laredo men have been ordered to federal prison after their involvement in a drug trafficking event, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Jay Pack was not a responsibly connected principal of Huxtable’s Kitchen Inc. (Huxtable’s), Vernon, Calif. This is an update to Press Release No: 150-19 issued on Nov. 6, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BRANSON, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Royal Oak Enterprises for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at company facilities in Branson and Summersville, Missouri. The charcoal manufacturer faces $339,702 in penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Dear Director Córdova: On Dec. 12, 2018, while Chair of the Judiciary Committee, I held a hearing on China’s threats to U.S. national security. In that hearing, Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials made clear that the threat to our research from foreign...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) Workgroups on Thursday, March 5, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Misinformation and rumors concerning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in neighborhoods conducting enforcement operations continues to be promoted without merit by those with political agendas. Allegations that ICE is violating its sensitive locations policy are completely false.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jeffery P. Meadows, 37, along with co-defendants, Rita Sandoval, 49 and Christopher Orozco, 32, have been sentenced to a total of 246 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man pleaded guilty today to charges related to his travel to the United Kingdom in May 2019 to sexually abuse a minor victim.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Philadelphia - Independence National Historical Park has received a $70,000 donation from the Society Hill Preservation Foundation, a subsidiary of the Society Hill Civic Association, to fund the Washington Square Tree Canopy Project. The project will thin the canopy of the trees in the Square to allow...
