News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Powell came to the attention of police when he fired a shotgun dangerously close to an offloading school bus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 52 years in prison for his role in multiple carjackings, including one that resulted in a death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County man was arrested today for bribing a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee to steal check books, credit cards, and electronics from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee will markup H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, on Feb. 11, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - Between Feb. 10 and March 20, the Bureau of Land Management’s Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with the New Mexico State Land Office, White Sands Missile Range and private landowners plan to burn up to 1,100 acres east of Socorro, NM. Four separate units of sacaton grass and brush...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: HOOVER, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited two Alabama contractors - OLA Inc. and Calloway Inc. - for exposing employees to excavation hazards after two workers suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse on a residential project in Hoover, Alabama. The contractors face $88,482 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced TYRESE ANTRON COFIELD, 37, of Elizabeth City to 78 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. COFIELD was named in a single-count...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 30,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to Egypt during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) took custody of Salvadoran national Celio Alexander Serrano Trejo, 33, after his arrest by the Prince William County, Va., Police Department for possession of controlled substances. Serrano is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice and is wanted in his home country for his participation in MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND- U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams and Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum issued joint official guidance today on the enforcement of tribal protection orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Raphael Donzell Johnson, Jr., 40, of Moss Point, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - DEA Indianapolis District Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Brandon Fuller, 27, of Chicago, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II, after having pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to acquire controlled substances by misrepresentation, conspiracy to commit identification document fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas -Two Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for an investment fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. Attorney David J. Freed presented awards on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, to 32 individuals, including law enforcement officers, agency counsel and private citizens for their outstanding efforts in fighting crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: A firearms trafficker was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after authorities tracked him down following an armed robbery, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: A Dallas charter school CEO was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in federal prison for her role in a corruption scandal following an investigation by the FBI Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An admitted member of the “East B Bop Milla Blood" street gang, who previously served time in state prison on firearm and assault charges and later arrested on federal firearm and drug charges, was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: As part of the Scheme, the Defendant and her Co-conspirators Submitted Loan Applications in the Name of a Deceased Individual and a Disabled, Elderly Veteran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Macon, Ga. - The final defendant wanted in “Operation Benchwarmers" was taken into custody by FBI agents in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday afternoon, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Andrew Bravo Jimenez, aka “Droopy," 25, of Athens and Texas, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
