News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: Richard Mansfield to Spent Nine Years in Federal Prison.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that crossed most of South Hampton Roads.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that crossed most of South Hampton Roads.


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.


News Release: ATLANTA - Titus Jeshua Lamb, a previously convicted felon, has been sentenced for committing three bank robberies in McDonough, Morrow, and Fayetteville, Georgia.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Franklin, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man convicted on two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child Incapable of Consent was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Two Brothers in Warrensburg, KC Plead Guilty to Illegal Firearms

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Warrensburg, Missouri, man and a Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms that they sold to an undercover federal agent.


Burlington County Man Charged with Wire Fraud and Money Laundering for Defrauding Internet Donors

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for his role in a GoFundMe scheme that collected money from donors on the internet, purportedly to benefit a homeless man, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Mexico citizen pleaded guilty today to illegal re-entry after she was arrested in Glacier County with others during an investigation into possible alien smuggling from Canada, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


National Park Service Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Accomplishments to Reduce Wildfire Risks

News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Director David Vela today announced that the NPS successfully treated 230,308 acres of public land in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, helping to reduce wildfire risks in America’s national parks and safeguarding nearby communities, natural resources and infrastructure.


News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Two defendants indicted for a string of convenience store robberies in Albany, shooting and injuring two clerks, have pleaded guilty for their crimes, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Anthony Parks, 29, and Javarius Mallory, 27, both...


News Release: FAYETTEVILLE -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina promotes the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative by conducting outreach and educating older adults at the Blue Street Senior Center about the latest scams so they do not fall victim.


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.


Grand Jury Returns Indictments

News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


Lima Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Minor Girl

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A registered sex offender pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to crimes related to sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl. He faces at least 27 years and up to 42 years in prison under terms of his plea agreement.


Armed Career Criminal Pleads Guilty To Possessing A Firearm And Ammunition

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Shelley Devaughn Cook (42, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ALEXANDER pled guilty today to securities fraud and wire fraud in connection to his participation in a scheme to defraud investors by soliciting investments in his online gaming company (the “Company")...


News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced today that, James Blair, age 59, was sentenced today to 103 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and...


News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was sentenced in federal court today to life in prison for his role in the murder of 40-year-old U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010.