News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jonas A. Windham, 37, of Laurel, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 13 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Windham was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A two-count federal indictment was unsealed Jan. 3, 2020 charging Sonia Tabibzada, 35, of San Jacinto, California, for threatening to bomb the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, DC. Count One charges Tabibzada with intentionally attempting to obstruct persons in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Jackson, Kentucky, woman admitted in federal court today she solicited kickbacks from a toxicology laboratory in exchange for urine drug testing referrals, lied to law enforcement agents about the kickback she received, and then attempted to cover up the kickback by requesting the alteration of certain financial records.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A two-count indictment was unsealed yesterday that charges William Francis Stevens, 52, of San Joaquin County, with theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration saw a record-breaking number of travelers during the end-of-year holiday period that included Christmas and New Year’s travel, screening more than 43.8 million passengers and crew members during the holiday travel period, from Dec. 19 to Jan. 5, an increase of 4% from the holiday period of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Jimmy Riascos-Riascos (44) to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Lame Deer man who admitted strangling a woman last year on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation was sentenced today to 30 months prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Jimmy Riascos-Riascos (44) to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Record of Decision Friday for an action that optimizes water supply and reduces pumping impacts through the Mendota Pool Group 20-Year Exchange Program, expected to begin in early 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Walton, 48, formerly of Webster, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. In addition, Walton was ordered to pay restitution totaling approximately $53,768.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hassayampa Field Office announces the temporary closure of public lands in Maricopa County for the Vulture Mine Off-Road Challenge official permitted off-highway vehicle race. The closure will occur from Friday, January 17 through Sunday, January 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Defendant Made Bomb Threats to Local Schools to Distract Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: Four people have been indicted on federal charges for running a methamphetamine distribution ring throughout Bulloch County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Yarmouthport man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Cape Cod.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Terry Wade Named Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Agrees To Pay More Than $77 Million in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara today sentenced Jimmy Riascos-Riascos (44) to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CURTIS PATRICK HODGES, 38, of Angier, NC, to 90 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - William Payne, 39, of St. Croix, was sentenced on January 9, 2020, in District Court on one federal count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
