News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Salais had two previous federal felony drug trafficking convictions and distributed methamphetamine within 1000 feet of two schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Greenbrier County man pled guilty to a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jonathan Felts, 30, of Smoot, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special program at the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. This 45-minute talk focuses on the Cherokee who fought alongside Andrew Jackson during the Creek War and takes place at the Gateway Site, near 130 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced on January 6, 2020, that Antonio Jamerson (age: 21) was sentenced to 124 months’ imprisonment and Elix Powell (age: 21) was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment for their involvement in the armed robbery of the Swan Serv-U Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 42-year-old veteran member of the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on January 6, 2020, Roman Ceballo Gaspar, age 25, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Methamphetamine. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Avalos to 135 months’ imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The BLM in Oregon/Washington announced today that it has deployed four firefighters to assist Australia with the prolific wildfires spread throughout the country. These firefighters include staff from the BLM Vale, Prineville, and Burns Districts that have accompanied 13 other interagency Pacific Northwest firefighters also assisting Australia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted by virtue of a federal jury trial for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. The trial was held August 26-29, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that several defendants were sentenced by the Honorable Juan R. Sanchez for their involvement in a years’ long drug distribution conspiracy and related crimes, the last of whom, Bryant Calloway, was sentenced today to lifetime imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 42-year-old veteran member of the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Hicham Khallad, and Karim Euchi, both 47 and of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to food stamp fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
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: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Missouri, man was convicted in a bench trial today of illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun that he sold to an undercover federal agent.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: We are having a park party and you are invited! The National Lakeshore’s 50th anniversary activities begin with a kick-off celebration on Saturday, January 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Dune Climb. Join park rangers and volunteers from the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes and Historic Sleeping...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Gregory Bernard Gibson, 44, of Florence, was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison after being convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 5, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A Phoenix man was sentenced Jan. 14, to 80 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for alien smuggling resulting in a death in a probe spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations assisted by the United States Border Patrol.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Congressman Michael McCaul, Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement condemning the terrorist attack carried out by al-Shabaab that took the lives of three Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2020
News Release: The storm debris removal project at Fort Pulaski National Monument has resumed. Work has moved into the historic area north and west of historic Fort Pulaski and will impact the North Pier Trail, Nature Trail, the historic north pier, Battery Hambright, and the John Wesley Monument.
By State Newswire | Jan 5, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
