News from January 2020
By DOT News Wire | Jan 6, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced a new interactive map highlighting federal investment in major infrastructure projects located in and around Opportunity Zones. The detailed information about vital infrastructure resources located in and near Opportunity Zones is intended to encourage further economic investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A St. Joseph, Ill., man, William M. Bell, 40, who was previously an information technology employee of Monticello, Ill., community unit school district 25, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for child pornography crimes. Bell has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest on Feb. 8, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Welcome to 2020: a new year, a new decade…Year of the Rat! In my last blog, I touched on how for me (and many others), the holidays are a time of reflection, of taking stock, of hindsight. Looking back at the last year, we at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley woman and a Columbus, Ohio man pled guilty today for their participation in a drug trafficking operation in Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stephanie McClung, 48, and Jason Johnson, 31, both entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine. McClung and Johnson were charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as Operation Shutdown Corner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss.- Sharae Threadgill, 21, of Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 238 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting two business robberies and the use of firearms to facilitate the robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michele Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Threadgill was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston, West Virginia, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport on Sunday, January 5, when they detected a.22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets in his carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty to a federal drug conspiracy and a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. George Lockhart, 44, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss.- Sharae Threadgill, 21, of Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 238 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting two business robberies and the use of firearms to facilitate the robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michele Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Threadgill was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The last of six defendants who operated a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in north Fulton County has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, concluding a months-long investigation that led to the seizure of more than a quarter-ton of methamphetamine from several residences in the Atlanta suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Apache Junction, Arizona man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Clint Gentile, 39, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington felon caught with multiple firearms last year was sentenced today to 114 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Randall Allen Eplion, Jr., 30, previously pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Former Consultant/Chief Operating Officer of 1 Global Capital LLC Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Securities Fraud In Relation to $287 Million Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on Jan. 3, 2020, ANTHONY AMATO, 31, of Milford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Vasquez Jr., 32, of Modesto, was sentenced today to 26 years and eight months in prison for an operation that distributed methamphetamine from Modesto to Juneau, Alaska, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Larry Allen Lyons, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lazaro Aguilar, 20, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr. to possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Each possessed stolen guns and conspired to distribute meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: “I strongly condemn today’s arrest and subsequently release of Ugandan member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine. Mr. Kyagulanyi has announced his intention to challenge President Museveni in the country’s elections next year, and this unwarranted arrest is clear intimidation bythe...
