News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TAUREAN EDWARD FARRIOR, 35, of Wilmington to 144 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Martin Anderson, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A jury on Thursday convicted a Helena woman accused of participating in an armed home invasion to rob a couple involved in trafficking heroin, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Matzen, 39, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to escaping from federal custody and to two counts of bank robbery before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: It’s a busy week for the park’s Resource Management Division. The park is working with its partners on a project to restore the resaca and adjacent wetland prairie on the core battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Texas Couple Sentenced to a Combined 140 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography and Other Crimes Against Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Nicholas Weaver, 34, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography and distributing methamphetamine. Chief United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Weaver to 76 months’ imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant Previously Convicted of Kidnapping and Murder in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs" - areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: The drug industry doesn’t pack the lobbying punch it once did, and one sign is something rare in the capital today-a dose of bipartisanship.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) pleaded guilty today to charges related to his disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.160 (“Use of cabins for subsistence purposes") from a federally qualified local subsistence user for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Public Use Cabin (65.35045, -143.12267) for subsistence purposes from October...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Ford, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 21 months incarceration for his role in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
Release: The government of Kenya has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) for consumption into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Cecil Bank, Mary Beyer Halsey, age 59, of Rising Sun, Maryland, on the federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, receipt of a bribe by a bank official, false statement in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAVID RODRIGUEZ, age 49, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of medical products and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: The 2020-2025 Strategic Plan documents the strategic planning efforts of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM). While the plan is similar in format to prior versions, LM’s site management responsibilities have grown, and the Office has adapted accordingly to continually improve performance. The plan covers LM’s mission and vision, goals and objectives, program evaluation, and performance measurement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY -Aleksey Tsvetkov, a leader of a violent, Brooklyn-based Eastern European organized crime syndicate that operated primarily in the Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach and Coney Island neighborhoods, was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn to 198 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Michael S. Rawlings, Drew Johnson and Jonathan Dyer were not responsibly connected members of Adams Produce Company LLC (Adams), Birmingham, Ala. This is an update to Press Release No: 114-14 issued on April 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Grain Valley, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
