News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: Chattanooga, Tenn. - On Jan. 10, 2020, Matthew John Jurado, 52, currently of Tracy, California, was sentenced by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Mr. Jurado was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by five years’ supervised release.


Call for Artists

News Release: A new wayside exhibit is planned for Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. The wayside exhibit will be placed at the Gran Quivira unit of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. We will need one artist that will capture the story we would like to tell on that exhibit.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Christopher Edward Brown, 28, of Foley, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Brown had entered a guilty plea to the conspiracy charge, and United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose imposed a sentence of 105 months imprisonment.


Release: More information about Eswatini is available on the Eswatini Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Oxycodone

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORDAN RODOFSKY, 57, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing oxycodone.


Jefferson County Woman Sentenced for Role in Drug Distribution Operation

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Molly L. Huber, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to time served and three years supervised release for selling cocaine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: Has 14 Prior Criminal Convictions. An Iowa man caught with nearly four ounces of methamphetamine was sentenced today to just under 180 months in prison. Eric James Blumer, age 37, from Palo, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a July 22, 2019, guilty plea to the possession of methamphetamine with...


ICE lodges detainer against Guyanese national arrested for the murder of a 92-year-old New York City woman

News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers assigned to the Criminal Alien Program lodged a detainer with the New York Police Department (NYPD), following their arrest of a suspect in the murder of a 92-year-old resident of Richmond Hill, New York.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GERUND MICKENS, also known as “Breeze," 44, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Three defendants were sentenced for federal drug crimes today by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.


Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession and Manufacture of Machine Guns and Silencers

News Release: A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Monday to four firearms charges, including illegally possessing and manufacturing machine guns and silencers, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.


News Release: Exotic ambrosia beetles are costly pests of ornamental and fruit trees nationwide-from front-yard plantings of Japanese maple and oak to commercially grown orchards of cherry, peach, plum and even avocado.


News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - An Iroquois County farmer, Jeremy Seggebruch, 40, of Cissna Park, Ill., has been ordered to serve 364 days in prison for violating the terms of his probation sentence for federal crop insurance fraud. On Jan. 9, 2020, Seggebruch was immediately taken into custody after U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid revoked his probation and sentenced him to serve 364 days in the federal Bureau of Prisons.


News Release: Defendant is the first executive to be sentenced in connection with conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe a highly-addictive opioid.


News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-David George Hopkins, 61, San Diego, California, was sentenced today to 200 months in federal prison and a life term of supervised release for traveling with the intent to engage in sex with a minor and other related charges.


Iowa man sentenced to 9 years for receiving child pornography

News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A northeastern Iowa man was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the internet.


Rosebud Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will join national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees on five days in 2020.


Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Shooting Into Home

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Lamont Guinyard (30, Gulfport) to four years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Guinyard had pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two foreign nationals made court appearances today in connection with their respective charges for illegally re-entering the United States.