News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that over the course of the last several months in federal court fourteen defendants have been sentenced in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, who represented the 27th District of New York as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was sentenced to 26 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick for participating in a scheme to commit insider trading and for making false statements to federal law enforcement agents when interviewed about his conduct.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded yesterday’s decision by the Peace Corps to end its programs in China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Production of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last week, DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon visited Beijing, China. Acting Administrator Dhillon met with Chinese officials from the General Administration of Customs, the National Narcotics Laboratory, and the National Narcotics Control Commission, including Vice Commissioner Liu Yuejin. As a welcome to China, the Ministry of Public Security International Cooperation Division representatives hosted Acting Administrator Dhillon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment Thursday against Mario Gonzalez, 37, of Manteca, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment this week charging a Tulsa man with possessing a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and with lying to a firearms dealer, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Chattanooga, Tenn. - On Jan. 15, 2020, Brad Anthony Majors, 37, of Shelbyville, was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public nominations for positions on 27 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) nationwide, which include four vacant positions with the California Desert District Desert Advisory Council (DAC). These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After a nine-day trial, a federal jury found Terrick Robinson, of Cartersville, Georgia, guilty of drug distribution resulting in death and a myriad of other charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Former Mississippi Corrections Officer Sentenced to Prison for Excessive Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced six individuals in connection with a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and, with respect to four of the defendants, conspiracy to commit money laundering. Bao The Khuong (47, San Jose, CA) was sentenced to 5 years in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quinton Jones, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, Miss. - A man hired as the City Clerk for the Town of Coldwater was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on Wednesday for Wire Fraud. U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown sentenced George Nangah to serve the 21-month prison term consecutive to any state court term of imprisonment imposed in the Tate County Circuit Court and to pay $216,401.28 in restitution to the Town of Coldwater.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, issued a statement of support Friday for the lawsuit brought by a coalition of 14 states, the District of Columbia and New York City to block implementation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland political consultant was sentenced to three years in prison today followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars in political contributions through several scam political action committees (PACs) that he founded and advertised as supporting candidates for office and other political causes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced six individuals in connection with a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and, with respect to four of the defendants, conspiracy to commit money laundering. Bao The Khuong (47, San Jose, CA) was sentenced to 5 years in federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Torin Finver, 55, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to importation of a controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced today the unsealing of four indictments charging MIGUEL CESPEDES, OMAR MOGOLLON, LUIS...
