News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOEL DAVIS pled guilty to enticing a child to engage in illegal sexual activity, possession of child pornography, and distribution and receipt of child pornography. DAVIS faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum term of life in prison. DAVIS pled guilty today before United States District Judge George B. Daniels.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - Beginning February 1st, the National Park Service (NPS) will temporarily close select areas in the Chisos Mountains to protect nesting falcons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Today, two more defendants pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in the death of Nimali Henry, an inmate in their custody. Henry, who had a rare blood disorder and other medical conditions, died in the St. Bernard Parish Prison in Chalmette, Louisiana, on April 1, 2014, after failing to receive treatment for her serious medical needs during the 10 days she was incarcerated there.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Our data-driven society has a tricky balancing act to perform: building innovative products and services that use personal data while still protecting people’s privacy. To help organizations keep this balance, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering a new tool for managing privacy risk.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $5 million in funding for 11 federal agency projects to catalyze the adoption of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy technologies at facilities across the Federal Government. As the Nation’s largest single user of energy, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Joshua Gilchrist, age 35, was sentenced in federal court to 147 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for armed bank robbery. The Court also ordered that this term of incarceration be served consecutive to a previously imposed sentence of 36 months in prison that Gilchrist received for an armed bank robbery in Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of six years (72 months) to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Former Gwinnett County Deputy Sheriff Aaron S. Masters, who was assigned to the Rapid Response Team (RRT) at the Gwinnett County Jail, has been arraigned after a federal grand jury indicted him of acting under color of law to deprive an inmate of her civil rights and of falsifying a report of the incident.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input to help with the creation of the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), a new program that will expand the availability of domestic ethanol and biodiesel by incentivizing the expansion of sales of renewable fuels.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Woonsocket man, one of more than a dozen people arrested in July 2019 as the result of a four-month FBI Safe Streets Task Force Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into the trafficking of fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine on the streets of Woonsocket, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for brokering sales of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Joel M. Hawker is the District of Idaho’s new Administrative Officer, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging three alleged members of the racially motivated violent extremist group “The Base" with firearms and alien-related charges. The complaint charges Brian Mark Lemley, Jr., age 33, of Elkton, Maryland, and Newark, Delaware, and William...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Defendant Stole Money Earmarked for Emergency Rental Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: With Possession With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A major investigation targeting an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring operating in Georgia has resulted in a 61-count indictment naming 26 defendants on federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Today, a federal grand jury indicted a Miami-Dade resident with importing cocaine into Key Largo, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Falsely Stated He Was Spending More Time with Patients in Nursing Homes Than He Was Actually Spending With Them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 15, 2020, U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Hunter C. Nicholson (age: 19) to 30 days’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release after Nicholson pled guilty to Making a False Statement to a Federal Firearms Dealer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(a)(6).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A major investigation targeting an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring operating in Georgia has resulted in a 61-count indictment naming 26 defendants on federal charges.
