News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 420 months in prison for his involvement in multiple homicides, including the murder of a former confidential informant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Elijah Roberts, 19, of St. Louis City, was sentenced to 134 months in prison for his involvement in a February 2018 carjacking. Roberts appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who imposed the sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In observance of the civil rights leader’s birthday, Martin Luther King Jr., the Bureau of Reclamation’s New Melones Lake and Lake Berryessa will waive day-use fees at direct-managed areas on Jan. 20, 2020. Other fees, such as those at concession-managed areas, overnight camping and boat launching, will still apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Sean Pena, 37, of Portage, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 108 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Mecklenburg County man was sentenced today to more than 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute over 27 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Press Conference Wilmington< North Carolina. WHEN: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM. WHERE: New Hanover County Historic Courthouse. Commissioners Assembly Room 301. 24 North 3rd Street. Wilmington, NC 28401. Re: Operation DodgeBall. RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announces a press...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SHANNON WICKER, also known as “Bishop," 34, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Following a year-long investigation, thirteen Montrose residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver and charged with the drug distribution crimes. State officers, county sheriff deputies and the DEA then arrested 11 of the indicted individuals. The announcement was made by United...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Yosemite National Park has received reports of approximately 170 people who have experienced a gastrointestinal illness. Affected individuals include park visitors and employees, and most of these individuals spent time in Yosemite Valley. As of today, there have been two confirmed cases of norovirus. Most of the cases occurred on and around the first week of January 2020 and there has been a significant decline of new cases reported over the past several days.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Today, House Democrats passed H.J. Res. 76, a resolution to overturn the Trump administration’s commonsense borrower defense rule that will provide defrauded students relief, hold all colleges and universities accountable, and better protect taxpayer dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Malian National Charged With the Overseas Murder of a U.S. Citizen and Providing Material Support to Two Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Attorney General Barr and Director Wray...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Jan.16, 2020)-Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the independent Government Accountability Office issued a legal opinion concluding that the Trump Administration violated federal law by withholding hundreds of millions of dollars appropriated by Congress to help Ukraine combat Russian aggression...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bee, Gillespie, Goliad, and Live Oak counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Sean Pena, 37, of Portage, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 108 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert C. Logel, 56, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and tax evasion, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Jessica Pascale Committed Thefts While Employed as a Social Security Claims Representative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., D-Pa., Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today launched an investigation of the Treasury Department’s giveaway to multinational corporations through the regulatory process implementing the Republican tax cuts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Former Member of Barbados Parliament and Minister of Industry Found Guilty of Receiving and Laundering Bribes from Barbadian Insurance Company.
