News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - David Joe Melendrez, 55, of Mescalero, New Mexico pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to abusive sexual contact with a child in Indian Country as part of a pattern of sexual abuse of children committed over the course of more than 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Jan. 16, 2020, Mark Hulett, 48, of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland to serve 120 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Hulett to serve a ten-year term of supervised release, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Cruisin’ On Inc., doing business as The Produce...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - The Katmai National Park and Preserve, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, and Alagnak Wild River park compendium will be open for a 30-day public comment period. The compendium is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -A federal judge today sentenced two men involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy to prison sentences ranging from twelve years to twenty-four years, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: The Defendant is Currently in Custody in Mali.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Investors’ Losses Total More Than $224,000.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following an announcement from USDA on the award of $10.2 million in funding for animal pest and disease prevention and management efforts and the request for vaccine bank Foot and Mouth Disease proposals, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota, and House Agriculture...
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: One defendant also indicted for tax evasion and aggravated identity theft.
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 USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Kentucky counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bourbon, Bullitt, Clark, Nelson, Nicholas, and Powell counties who suffered losses due to drought that occurred between July 4 and Oct. 15, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Two Former Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to Federal Offenses Following the In-Custody Death of a Woman.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hailed the passage of the new NAFTA trade agreement today, by a wide bipartisan vote. The updated agreement with Mexico and Canada includes strong new enforcement provisions by Wyden and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, along with modern digital trade rules to advance innovation and free speech, and new environmental protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CHRISTIE LYNN BROWNING, age 42, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana pled guilty on Jan. 15, 2020 to a dual object conspiracy to obtain possession of oxycodone by fraud and to unlawfully distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Dywane Upchurch, 39, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 60 months for his role in robbing the Richmond Heights Post Office and assaulting a Postal employee while committing robbery. Upchurch appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - David C. Joseph, United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, announced that a Cotton Valley woman was sentenced for stealing more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Feeding Service Program, a federal feeding program meant to provide meals to economically disadvantaged children during the summer months when they are not in school.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Arturo Serrano-Arizmendi, 27, of Culebra, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today after being convicted of knowingly transporting illegal aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Site Had Sold Access to Hacked Personal Information and Account Logins.
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.
