News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Constance Pritchett, 59, has pleaded guilty to the federal offense of depositing of refuse in navigable waters. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dehaven Darnell Craig, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo & Co. and its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., have agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve three separate matters stemming from a years-long practice of pressuring employees to meet unrealistic sales goals - which led thousands of employees to provide millions of accounts or products to customers under false pretenses or without consent, often by creating false records or misusing customers’ identities, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of five individuals connected with the 10z/20z south Minneapolis street gangs. ALKWAN KWAME LAWSON-HOLIDAY, 30, LE’KEITH ALI DU’JUAN RAYFORD, 28, KENNETH LAMONT THOMPSON, 34, MAURICE JERRY JOHNSON, 29, and LENARDO ALEXZANDER WOODARD...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of narcotics distribution and firearms possession, in violation of federal law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Andres Rafael Viola, 36, an Argentine citizen who resides in Las Vegas, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Frank Burrola for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Miami Tire Importers Indicted for Excise Tax Conspiracy and Tax Evasion.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently mailed 2020 Census Statistics in Schools (SIS) kits to every school in the nation. Mailed to every public, private and charter school administrator, the kits include information for teachers to get access to free activities and materials to use in classrooms during the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Michael Scaduto, 33, of Littleton, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty on Feb. 20, 2020, in United States District Court in Burlington, to a charge of assaulting a Border Patrol Agent. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Scaduto on conditions pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site will switch to its summer schedule beginning Sunday, March 1, 2020. The park will open Thursday through Monday from 9 am to 4 pm. The park will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for smuggling more than 80 pounds of cocaine - concealed and suspended in grease - in household products that were mailed to Australia.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: At approximately 3:20 pm on Thursday, Feb. 20, personnel from Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali) received notification of a helicopter accident on the Ruth Glacier via an emergency transponder. At approximately 3:00 pm a helicopter took off from a Mountain House, LLC property with two passengers...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Blythe man has pled guilty to federal charges that he shot a helicopter being used in support of a law enforcement operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Feb. 21, 2020. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has complied with two of four immigration subpoenas issued last Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These subpoenas sought information about multiple illegal aliens...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kieta Armstead was sentenced in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Robert D. McWilliams, 29, was charged by criminal complaint today with receiving or distributing child pornography, sexual exploitation of children and sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has selected 54 projects to share $40.99 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants to help projects use water more efficiently and effectively in the western United States.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - Winn Dixie Stores Inc., with headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., has posted a $1 million surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Maudilio Diaz-Vazquez, a/k/a “Magdilio Diaz-Vazquez," age 23, of Quarryville, PA was sentenced today to the statutory maximum of two years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., after pleading guilty to the federal crime of illegal reentry after deportation.
