News from January 2020
By DOT News Wire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao today spoke at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) where she announced new transportation initiatives aimed at harnessing new and existing technologies to improve safety for the traveling public and first responders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals alleged to be members of one of the most prolific online drug trafficking organizations in the United States. The indictment was returned and unsealed in Cincinnati.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on phase one of the U.S.-China trade deal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pled guilty to a drug offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Michael Conger, 41, of Parkersburg, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Brenton Michael Forney, 28, of Salt Lake City, the lead defendant in a federal drug case targeting a significant drug trafficking organization distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in Utah communities, will serve 276 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Issam Abu-Ghosh, 61, of Leesburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a fraud conspiracy targeting companies and individuals from across the United States and around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that four exotic sport and track cars seized from convicted payday lender SCOTT TUCKER will be auctioned off on February 5, 2020. The cars were seized from and forfeited by TUCKER in connection with his convictions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Fraud Scheme Defrauded Companies and Individuals From Around the World.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements Wednesday after President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the first phase of a trade deal between the two countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYSHAWN COLEMAN, 30, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Texas Doctor Found Guilty for Role in $325 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving False Diagnoses of Life-Long Diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Robert Brown, age 30, and Etherneal Simon, age 49, both of St. Croix, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges for their respective roles as members of the Paul Girard Criminal Enterprise (“the Enterprise"), United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Brown, who entered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Benjamin Lee Parsons, 31, of Mineral Wells, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing firearms after being involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Upon release from prison, Parsons will serve three years of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Corey Baker, age 24, of Clintondale, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANTONIO OSORIO DIAZ, (“DIAZ"), age 41, a native of Mexico, was sentenced on January 8, 2020 to 13 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5)(A).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking good homes for wild horses and burros during its adoption and sale event planned for January 24-26, at the Marana Heritage Arena in Marana, Ariz.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: EVANSVILLE - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that John Honnigford, 47, of Evansville, Ind., was sentenced in federal court, by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, to five years in federal prison, after having previously pleaded guilty to possession of sexually explicit material involving minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Illinois man today admitted conspiring to transport heroin and cocaine to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: An Ellsworth man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for robbing two banks, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot F. Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the Indictment of BRYANT BROWN, a/k/a “Trigga," for the murder of Albendris Nunez, 21, in the Bronx, New York, on December...
