News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man today admitted producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dustin M. Lewis, 45, of Henderson, Nev., pleaded guilty today for his role in a bribery scheme involving a federal contract and committing $1.5 million in tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ryan Guidry, 43, of Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty today to participating in a massive fraud scheme involving a solar energy company in Benicia that defrauded investors of approximately $1 billion, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 64-year-old Brownsville resident has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to running a drug distribution ring over a two-year period, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Anthony Paul Salazar, 23, of Las Vegas, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on Jan. 14 to a charge of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine (cocaine base).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Florida man who admitted to successfully conducting more than 100 ATM “cash-out scheme" withdrawals in two days in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in May 2019 using stolen identities and fraudulent ATM cards was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 36 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 14, 2020 - James Frei, 50, of Union Mills, North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 26 ½ years in prison for child exploitation and sex crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. A federal jury in February 2019, found Frei guilty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Tevontae Harris, age 25, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 97 months in federal prison to run consecutive with his other pending state charges, following his conviction of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced Harris to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm and ammunition involved be forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: El Cajon Bank Robbery Suspects Wanted by the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD -A suburban Chicago man was sentenced yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly to 96 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for one count of stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer and one count of conspiring to steal firearms from licensed firearm dealers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who was recently released from federal prison has been arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing his probation officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Illegal Narcotics and a Smart Phone Seized by Law Enforcement Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SEDALE PERVIS, also known as “Scope," 27, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Juan Ortega-Baez, 19, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and H.R. 5191, the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIANO IRIZARRY, 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Over 160 law enforcement, medical, education, and community services professionals gathered today at Virginia Commonwealth University for the Silent No More Overdose Symposium.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will waive amenity-related fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20. Other fees, such as camping and group day use, will remain in effect.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: People have highly individualized inflammatory responses after eating a high-fat meal. This finding is part of the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.
