News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: A Missouri woman pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Missouri for assaulting her infant child while living overseas in Germany as the dependent of an enlisted member of the U.S. Army, and repeatedly lying to law enforcement during the course of the subsequent federal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Christian Villar, 26, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY: On Feb. 27, 2020, Crow Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Adrian Bird Jr., Volunteer, Johnny Tim Yellowtail, and Dr. Shane Doyle will present the importance of the Crazy Mountains to the Crow Tribe. Following the presentations there will be a panel discussion on the Crazy Mountains. The presentation and panel will be held at 6:30 pm, in the Lovell Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Valentine, Nebraska, 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 Joe Kelly announced that Jayson Yanes, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Venita Sedodo, 32, of St. Charles, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud related to her former position as Treasurer of Velda City, Missouri, and two counts of mail fraud related to her former position as Trust Secretary for the Travelers Protective Association of America, Scholarship Trust for the Hearing Impaired. Sedodo appeared today in front of United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark who set her sentencing hearing for May 28, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A Mexican man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, Youngstown, Ohio, died Thursday morning at an area hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced FrANKLIN ANTONIO RIOS, 49, of Hope Mills, North Carolina to 408 months’ imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Emily Ryan, a natural resource management professional with wide-ranging experience, has been named manager of the Bureau of Land Management’s Eagle Lake Field Office in Susanville.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: This Sunday, Feb. 23, marks 75 years since brave Marines raised the American flag over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, which depicts the historic moment, has been completely rehabilitated. Two new videos launched today tell the stories of the historic flag raising and the sculpture itself.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Mark J. Whitaker, 49, has pleaded guilty to misprision of wire fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Feb. 14, 2020, Kieta Armstead was sentenced in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base. Armstead -- who is 42 and formerly of New York, New York -- was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 98 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park reopened Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube) today, February 21 at 10 a.m. The popular walk-through lava tube has been closed since May 4, 2018, following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake and four months of destructive eruptive and seismic activity at Kīlauea that caused its summit crater to collapse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Ho used stolen credit card numbers and personal identifying information of others in order to buy and sell electronics and other merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula man was sentenced to today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges after law enforcement found two safes containing the drug in a vehicle he was driving, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man convicted at a bench trial of methamphetamine distribution crimes was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The chairmen of three Senate committees are continuing their investigation into whistleblower allegations of low morale and low productivity at the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (OIG). Following a staff interview with Inspector General Peggy Gustafson, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are conducting interviews with senior OIG staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bradenton, Florida, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, twelve counts of Wire Fraud, and twenty-nine counts of Money Laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: PANAMA CITY, Fla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Deseret Ranches of North Florida, and The Genecov Group will conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 536 acres within the Lathrop Bayou Habitat Management Area located east of Tyndall AFB in East Bay between Saturday, February 22- Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 38-year-old Gainesville, Texas, man has been convicted of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
