News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: FBI Reminds Public Hoax Online Threats Have Serious Consequences.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - On Sunday, Jan. 19, at 2:00 p.m., Homestead National Monument of America will host its first of three square dancing workshops being held at the Education Center. These workshops are free to participate in and are being sponsored by the Friends of Homestead. Square dancing is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - January 8, 2020 - - Elique Camacho, 22, of Clarksville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - January 8, 2020 - - Elique Camacho, 22, of Clarksville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a crime of domestic violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal jury yesterday convicted a man of having a firearm in furtherance of drug distribution in Birmingham, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Roswell, N.M. - Beginning this month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed burn operations about 10 miles northeast of Ruidoso and 6 miles southeast of Capitan in Lincoln County. There are five burn units totalling 1,230 acres located within the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James Antuan Blackman and Kim Wright Green have been charged in two separate federal cases with offenses regarding public corruption in local government in Mobile County, Alabama. Blackman and Green face related state charges in Mobile County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICOLE SERUNTINE, age 35, an employee of Company A.M.M., was sentenced January 7, 2020 after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - John Foster, 56, of Portsmouth, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to four counts of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park will offer free Mammoth Passage cave tours on Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an annual celebration of the influential leader’s achievements in the modern civil rights movement. Cave tours will depart from the visitor center at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm CT.
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: HOUSTON - A former general manager and partial owner of a Florida-based energy company was sentenced to 48 months in prison today for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James Antuan Blackman and Kim Wright Green have been charged in two separate federal cases with offenses regarding public corruption in local government in Mobile County, Alabama. Blackman and Green face related state charges in Mobile County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Debra Becnel, a former correctional officer, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2020 to making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, in connection with the federal investigation into the death of Nimali Henry, an inmate at the St. Bernard Parish Prison. Ms. Henry died in custody on April 1, 2014, after she failed to receive medical treatment for her serious medical needs during her ten-day incarceration.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a Philadelphia-based personal injury law firm, Simon & Simon, P.C., has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that it failed to reimburse the United States for certain Medicare payments. The government had made these payments to medical providers for the firm’s clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COLBI TRENT DEFIORE, age 27, a resident of Carriere, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2020 before United States District Judge Jay A. Zainey to a one-count indictment with intentionally accessing a protected computer in excess of authorization for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain, and in furtherance of the commission of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1030(a)(2)(C).
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the Hellenic Republic on Wednesday to discuss the status of U.S.-Greek relations.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold public witness hearings on February 6 for non-tribal programs, and February 11 and 12 for tribal programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Nicholas Allen Groves (35, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
