News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


Drug Dealer Sentenced To 102 Months Of Federal Prison

News Release: Judge Finds Heroin Overdose Death Resulted From His Conduct.


News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Dennis Ray Taylor, 40, of Wilson, N.C., to 144 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of...


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Cory Shane Disotell, 48, of Port Barre, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to serve 262 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for transporting a minor with the intent...


News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - D’Andre Garry, 23, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty yesterday, before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, to committing Hobbs Act Robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony M. Girolamo, 43, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to transferring obscene material to a minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Springfield Man Indicted for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was arrested yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was yesterday today in federal court in Boston with drug distribution.


Man Pleads Guilty To Misuse of Social Security Number

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RAYMUNDO DE LA PAZ (DE LA PAZ), age 27, pled guilty on January 9, 2020 before United States District Court Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, to a one-count bill of information charging him with misuse of a Social Security Number, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).


Wilson Pair Sentenced for Methamphetamine Drug Conspiracy

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced DENNIS RAY TAYLOR, 40 of Wilson, North Carolina, to 144 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute five grams or more...


Risch, Menendez, Engel, McCaul Seek Answers About World Bank Hiring Practices Concerning Employees from Taiwan

News Release: Congressional Leaders Express Concern about Reports of World Bank Requiring Employees from Taiwan to Obtain Chinese Passports


Springdale Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography

News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kristopher Still, age 43, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to 135 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


Co-Owner of Gas Station Pleads Guilty to Distributing Spice

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Gainesville man pleaded guilty today to selling synthetic cannabinoids-commonly known as “spice" or “K2"-from the gas station he owned and operated with his business partner in Fauquier County.


Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LATOYA McKREITH, 37, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


Walden and Shimkus Slam Democrats for Putting Politics Over PFAS Solutions

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement slamming Democrats for putting politics over solutions to the country’s PFAS challenges.


Department of Energy to Provide $75 Million for Bioenergy Crops Research

Release: Funding Will Increase Bioenergy Crop Sustainability and Resistance to Environmental Stress


Department of Energy Announces $625 Million for New Quantum Centers

Release: Centers to Support National Quantum Initiative



Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery and Armed Drug Trafficking

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 28 years in prison for robbery affecting commerce, using, carrying, brandishing a firearm during the robbery, and three separate instances of armed drug trafficking.


Venezuelan National Sentenced for Stealing ATM Card Numbers

News Release: Defendants used skimming devices and covert cameras to steal bank and credit union customers’ ATM card numbers and PINs.


Springfield Golf Pro and Home Builder Charged in Superseding Indictment with Making False Statements to a Bank

News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Springfield returned a superseding indictment today charging a Springfield golf professional and a home builder with an additional charge of making false statements to a federally insured institution.