News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Superintendent Judy Forte is pleased to announce the free public events that will take place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park to celebrate and commemorate the 91st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., beginning Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 and ending on the National...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A ranking member of the Texas Chicano Brotherhood (TxCB) was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in a massive drug trafficking scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who pretended to be a missing Illinois boy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man today admitted improperly securing a federal guarantee on a loan by making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) about the creditworthiness of those loans while serving as the chief lending officer of a New Jersey bank, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Hicks, 24, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to two years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hicks pleaded guilty to this charge on October 9, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 207,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Richmond Hill man who claimed to be a whistleblower has been charged with falsely accusing a former acquaintance of patient privacy violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jesse Carey, age 33, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, entered guilty pleas on January 6, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin stemming from separate incidents in Monroe and Luzerne Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to life in prison for use of a firearm resulting in death, drug conspiracy, attempted possession with intent to distribute ecstasy, and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Defendant allegedly used stolen ID’s to apply for REAL ID driver’s license and various passports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Karen Dickerson, 70, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft of government funds. Dickerson appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel who accepted her plea and set her sentencing date for April 8, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pukwana, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Jody Tremayne Wafer, 30, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for organizing and leading a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Doctor Who Conspired with Internet Pharmacy Organization to Unlawfully Sell Prescription Drugs Pleads Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pled guilty for their roles in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that on January 6, 2020, Thomas “Tommy" Edward Burns of Grand Bay, Alabama was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment and restitution in the amount of $121,208.59 for wire fraud before United States District Judge Jeffery U. Beaverstock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS QUINTANA, 28, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for threatening a tow truck operator with a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in CITES-Protected Water Monitor Lizards.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - The Missoula Field Office and Federal Highway Administration will hold an open house in Missoula to discuss a proposed $5 million Federal Lands Transportation Project to improve 5.7 miles of Johnsrud-McNamara Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Brittany Jo Harris, age 34, of Newport, Washington, and Michele Lee Smith, age 49, of Spokane Valley, Washington were sentenced for their respective participation in an insurance fraud scheme involving...
