News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Katherine Tice Craig, a/k/a Kathy Tice, has been arraigned on federal charges of mail fraud. The defendant allegedly embezzled over $1.7 million dollars from a company she was managing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury today found Robert Christopher Sunmonu (22, St. Petersburg) guilty of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Sunmonu faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging James S. Marshall, 67, of Farmington, NY, with violation of the Clean Air Act, negligent endangerment under the Clean Air Act, and making a false statement. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Charges Stem from Incident At Fillmore Heritage Center During Which One Victim Was Murdered and Several Bystanders were Shot.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Used Knife to Threaten Woman He Believed Set Him Up.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Today, a former consultant who also served as the Chief Operating Officer of 1 Global Capital, LLC pled guilty for his role in connection with a $287 million securities fraud scheme involving a commercial payday loan business that operated from early 2014 through July 2018 and impacted more than 3,400 investors in 42 different states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Grovetown man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that include possession of a pipe bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ESTEBAN RAMIREZ, III (“RAMIREZ"), age 27, a resident of Lorain, Ohio, entered a plea of guilty January 7, 2020 to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) repatriated Roberto Carlos Silva-Pereira, 45, a citizen of El Salvador who is wanted for bribery and money laundering in his native country in addition to murder in Guatemala. ERO transferred custody of Silva-Pereira to law enforcement in El Salvador.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Stanton Sanchez, 32, of Zuni, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on Jan. 9 to two charges of assault of a minor resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old man from Houston has received a 30-year prison term following his convictions of producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Milton Mateo Garcia-Vasquez, 32, of Philadelphia, PA and a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 24 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that 17 law enforcement agencies will receive $2 million in seized funds from the drug operation Killa Gorilla. U.S. Attorney Shores also highlighted the essential work performed by the men and women of law enforcement and thanked them for their service to the people of Oklahoma. The announcement came at a press conference held on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Broken Arrow Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sofonzia Mack, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and being a felon in possession of a handgun and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The company that produces “Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water" pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges of illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste created from filtering arsenic out of spring water at its facility in Olancha, California.
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today led the floor debate on the War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res. 83 ) to terminate any engagement of United States Armed Forces in hostilities against Iran. The Chairman delivered the following remarks on the House floor...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement regarding a White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposal to update National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s revisions to federal rules on implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Caliente and Cedar City field offices on or about Jan. 13, 2020 will begin gathering excess wild horses from in and around the Eagle Complex located near Pioche, Nev. The Complex consists of the Chokecherry, Eagle and Mt. Elinor Herd Management Areas (HMAs).
