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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A former resident of Salyersville, Kentucky, Micky Rife, 36, admitted in federal court on Thursday, that he, a U.S. citizen, engaged and attempted to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two minor females while he traveled and resided in Cambodia.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 180,000 metric tons of soybean cake and meal for delivery to the Philippines during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 11, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Jarod Walrod (Walrod) for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Walrod waived his right to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $7,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Senate passed implementing legislation for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Executed a Scheme to Harass a Former Romantic Partner Resulting in the Victim Being Wrongfully Arrested and Incarcerated on Multiple Occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Shawndale Davis, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the finding by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) that President Trump violated the law by withholding security assistance to Ukraine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Steven Hecke, age 44, and Samuel Battell, age 34, both of Fort Wayne were charged in a criminal complaint filed late Jan. 15, 2020, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Assistant Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that after a court trial on Jan. 14, 2020, U.S. District Judge JP Stadtmueller found Ayse E. Duncan (age: 32) guilty of Possessing a Firearm as an Unlawful User of Controlled Substances and Transferring a Firearm ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clare, Gladwin, and Midland counties who suffered losses caused by ice, freeze, and thawing that occurred from Dec. 1, 2018, through March 31, 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: 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: 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: 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: Baltimore, Maryland - Ahmad Kazzelbach, age 26, of Pasadena, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of cyberstalking and intentional damage to a protected computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 10-year-old child, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge James G. Hernandez.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: Two days after the United States killed Qasem Soleimani, the Commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force and a prolific sponsor of terrorism,[1] the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin warning of potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2020
News Release: A Detroit resident was convicted by a federal jury today on charges of sex trafficking using force and coercion, distribution of controlled substances, and maintaining a drug premises, announced United States Matthew Schneider.
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.
