News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


Bridgeport Twins Involved in Violent Robbery and Carjacking of Ansonia Delivery Driver are Sentenced

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTOINE SNELL and TREYQUANE SNELL, both 21 of Bridgeport, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to prison terms of 64 months and 72 months, respectively, for committing a violent robbery and carjacking of a food delivery driver in Ansonia.


Reclamation’s California-Great Basin office hires two deputy directors

News Release: SACRAMENTO, California - The Bureau of Reclamation California-Great Basin office in Sacramento has two new deputy regional directors at the helm, starting this month.


News Release: HAMMOND - Delvin Perkins, 24, of South Holland, Illinois, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.


Pleasant Hill Resident Charged With Production And Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: Defendant charged with creating video of sexual contact with nine-year old.


Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bradley International Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found at checkpoints in 2019. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s Twitter account.


FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery at BancFirst in Seminole, Oklahoma

News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery at BancFirst in Seminole, Oklahoma.


News Release: A man who used another person’s name and Social Security number to get a job was sentenced today to over two months in federal prison.


News Release: DALLAS - DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the unsealing of four indictments charging Miguel Cespedes, Omar Mogollon, Luis Felipe Gonzalez Arcila, Ivan Rojas Acosta, Alex Barrera...


OAK CREEK MAN ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE CITIZENS’ RIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH RACINE SYNAGOGUE VANDALISM

News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced on Jan. 17, 2020, that Yousef O. Barasneh (age: 22) of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to violate citizens’ rights to use property free from threats and intimidation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241.



Former Executive Director of Non-Profit Sentenced for Embezzlement

News Release: Donna Carman, 60, of Indiantown, Florida, was sentenced today for embezzling federal funds for her own personal profit.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, welcomed four new committee interns for the spring semester this week.


Federal Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Indictment

News Release: MIAMI, FL - Victor Manuel DeJesus, 47, of Miami-Dade County, a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Miami, pled guilty today to a 14-count indictment which included charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit bribery, bribery, and other offenses in connection with a scheme to provide contraband items to inmates at the federal prison.


Manchester Felon Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Possessing Methamphetamine near Central Park

News Release: A woman who illegally possessed ice methamphetamine with the intent to distribute near a park was sentenced to five years in federal prison.


News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued its Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI) Jan. 16, with the first flight in 2020. The IRI is a joint agreement between the governments of the United States and Mexico to ensure that those repatriated to Mexico continue to be returned closer to their homes in a safe, humane, and expeditious manner.


Two People Indicted for $30 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving Blockchain Technology Company

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, woman and a Canadian man were indicted today for their roles in a securities fraud scheme that induced victims to invest $30 million worth of cash and cryptocurrency based on fraudulent misrepresentations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Isiah James Harrington, 19, of Spokane, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene to 41 months in prison for attempted robbery, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Harrington to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Harrington pleaded guilty to the charge on September 4, 2019.


Two Defendants Sentenced in Major Drug Conspiracy

News Release: Lead Defendant Sentenced to 325 Months in Federal Prison Defendants Trafficked Crystal Ice Methamphetamine and Other Drugs into Virginia from Georgia.


News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted San Angelo’s former Chief of Police for public corruption following an investigation by the FBI Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: HELENA - A jury on Thursday convicted a Helena man who worked for GardaWorld of multiple crimes after he was accused of taking money stolen from an armored truck and spending it gambling and shopping in Las Vegas, day trading and traveling to France, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.