News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jerel Seahorn, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for drug distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Duniesky Vizcay De La Cruz a/k/a Vizcay Delacruz Duniesky, 35, a citizen of Cuba, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for knowingly possessing 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former doctor was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for engaging in a multi-faceted Medicare fraud scheme, and also for illegal prescribing thousands of opioid painkillers and muscle relaxants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Former Los Angeles-Area Physician Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Medicare and Illegally Prescribing Opioid Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JUSTUS REX ELLIOTT, 26, of Yukon, has pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe as a public official, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Garrett Storm Hickey has been sentenced for a string of unarmed bank robberies in north Georgia and Alabama, which had gone unsolved for three years.
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.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it is developing a supplemental draft environmental impact statement for ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.’s proposed Willow Master Development Plan, based on changes made by the company in response to multiple stakeholder concerns and public comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Jeremy Kelley, 41, of Attica, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court, by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker, to 24 years’ in federal prison, after having previously pleaded guilty to charges of production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN-The FBI Memphis Field Office will recognize students at Richview Middle School for winning the National FBI Safe Online Surfing (FBI-SOS) award on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 7:45 a.m. Students in Heather Stanley’s computer literacy classes scored a composite score of 89.72 percent to win...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is currently recruiting applicants for seasonal employment during the 2020 fire season. Wildland firefighters provide a valuable service, protecting American communities and public lands. To serve on a fire crew, persons must be at least...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
Release: 158 Grants Will Support Innovation and Job Creation
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Thomas, also known as “Zombie," was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was also ordered to serve a term of five years on supervised release.
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: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita computer programmer was sentenced today to three years federal probation and a $2,000 fine for threatening cyberattacks against two web sites that posted criticism of Wichita lawyer Brad Pistotnik, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - On December 9, 2019, Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Beth C. Boswell was selected as a recipient of a 2019 Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, and received the award at the Criminal Division’s Annual Awards Ceremony in the Great Hall of...
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: The Clinic Will Also be Prohibited From Participating in Federal Healthcare Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Alexandria man and a Virginia Beach man were sentenced to prison today for illegally buying and possessing firearms, and for possessing firearms while involved in drug-trafficking crimes.
