News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Kenneth Bernard Smith (55, Winter Garden) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, and for possessing with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. Smith had previously pleaded guilty to the offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: For over a decade, prescription drug prices have soared with no end in sight. Price hikes have forced 1 in 10 Americans to ration their prescription drugs. This dangerous practice has taken the lives of at least 10 Americans - many of them never saw their 30th birthday. Some parents found second jobs to pay for their children’s prescription drugs and others dived deep into debt to cover their drug bills.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
Release: MANCHESTER, N.H. - A Manchester, New Hampshire, woman was caught with a loaded handgun at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport security checkpoint this morning (Jan. 6) after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets in her carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Fraudulently Sell Imported Jewelry From the Philippines As Native American-Made.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Phillip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Kelley previously pleaded guilty to possession and production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii -Chun Mei Tong, 43, of Honolulu, was sentenced today in federal court by Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 66 months of imprisonment, approximately $207,000 in a forfeiture money judgment, $207,000 in restitution, and 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THERESA FOREMAN, 58, of St. Cloud, Florida, formerly of Madison, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a wide-ranging tax evasion scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park will offer free admission on five days in 2020. The five entrance fee-free days will be.
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: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that United Paradyne Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $375,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to NASA for assembling and cleaning rocket launch systems that it had failed to perform.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two members of a drug-trafficking organization today admitted their roles in distributing significant amounts of illegal drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: William 'Chris' Hoffman Named Special Agent in Charge of the Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that a Bristol, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine and firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: UTAH - The Bureau of Reclamation, acting for the Department of the Interior, invites members of the public and media to attend three scoping meetings on the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline project.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Virginia man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with 16 bullets in the man’s carry-on bag this morning (Jan. 6).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - In October 2019, U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested 48-year-old Jessica Joyce Spayd, a former licensed Advanced Nurse Practitioner and owner of Eagle River Wellness, alleging illegal distribution of opioids such as oxycodone, methadone, and hydromorphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former member of the U.S. Navy was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for her role in an interstate gun trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Samuel James Gulick, 18, of Middletown, Delaware was charged today in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in connection with utilizing an incendiary device to damage the Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware on Jan. 3, 2020.
