News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James T. Stephens, 21, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Alexandria charging Daniel Dewayne Aikens, 37, of Alexandria, for an extortion scheme involving threats and the detonation of two pipe bombs, announced David C. Joseph, United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The founder and operator of a Swiss asset management firm pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges that he engaged with others in a massive global securities fraud scheme that netted proceeds of approximately $164 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Former Supervisory Corrections Officer Convicted of Unlawful Force for Repeatedly Tasing Restrained Detainee.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon National Park will join national park sites around the country in celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with free entrance to the park. Entrance fees will be waived for all visitors arriving to Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to committing an armed robbery at a Family Dollar in south Wichita, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jan. 13, 2020 - After a four-day trial on civil rights and obstruction charges, a federal jury on Friday evening returned a verdict for Mark Bryant, formerly a Corporal at the Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City, Tennessee. Bryant was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in sending a bicameral letter along with 18 of their colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging EPA to clarify its position on the enforcement of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollution reduction targets.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WOBURN, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety, and Avalon Bay Communities have partnered to promote worker safety at the Avalon Woburn construction project in Woburn, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A contract mail truck driver for the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced today to two years on federal probation for stealing money from the mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was ordered to pay more than $3,000 restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota introduced legislation today that would provide the Food and Drug Administration with the flexibility to allow hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to be marketed in dietary supplements. The bill would also require a study and report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the production of hemp, on the regulatory and market barriers for farmers engaged in hemp production.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl to an undercover officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Judy Raley Townley, 58, and William Erwin Townley, 52, both of Elberta, Alabama, were sentenced in federal court for their participation in a drug distribution operation involving both methamphetamine ice and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - William Curry Brown, 26, of Elizabeth, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court today before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose to two counts of terroristic attacks and violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation on land, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§1992(a)(5) and (a)(10) and 2.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Montezuma Well is in need of volunteers to help with our traditional garden and historic pasture area to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy. Verde Valley residents will be joined by hundreds of thousands of volunteers across the country as part of the 25th annual MLK Day of Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Defendant led police on high-speed chase before crashing into patrol vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2020
News Release: Defendant Repeatedly Tased Detainee in a Restraint Chair.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 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...
