News from January 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment event on Jan. 30, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Plattsburgh International and/or Adirondack Regional Airports.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Republic, Mo. - Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield has announced the retirement of longtime superintendent, Theodore “Ted" Hillmer, effective Jan. 3, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Committed Offense After Prior Drug-Trafficking Sentence was Commuted by Obama.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the homeland security implications of President Trump’s reckless actions targeting Iran in the Middle East...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has named Wheeling Central Catholic High School as the winner of the drug-free public service announcement contest launched at the beginning of the school year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keith Forney, 61, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison for fraudulently claiming to perform services as a Minority Business Enterprise on a copier contract with the State of Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Defendant Was on Release Following Prison Term for Earlier Armed Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - Akeem Jackson, 29 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery and Possession of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Jan. 3, 2020, Jal Chuar, 24, of Omaha, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for distributing marijuana and 60 months’ imprisonment consecutive for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. There is no parole in the federal system. He will also serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Darryl Goodman, 55, and Nieem Cann, 26, both of Philadelphia, PA, were arrested and charged by Indictment for a series of violent robberies across the Delaware Valley over a four month period early last year. The ten-count Indictment charges Goodman and Cann with various offenses including conspiracy, Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing a firearm, carjacking, and possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: SAIPAN, CNMI - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that on Jan. 3, 2020, Cling Philip Kaipat, also known as “Gilbert Kaipat," was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 46 months imprisonment for Possession of a Stolen Firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-a Missoula man who admitted to illegally possessing two firearms was sentenced today to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Defendant Also Sentenced for Money Laundering and Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Victor Lebron, an inmate at USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison for conspiring to illegally possess and distribute buprenorphine, also known as Suboxone, while incarcerated and lying to investigators about it, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced former Maryland State Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, age 67, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, to six months in federal prison, followed by two months of home detention with electronic monitoring, as part of three years of supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On Jan. 15, 2020 Casa Grande Ruins will host Robin Pinto as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on January 15 featuring Robin Pinto who will present a lecture titled "The New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landscapes". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former acting executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) has been charged with embezzling JCETP funds, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christian Stevens, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former University of Virginia football player was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for a $10 million investment fraud scheme and a separate loan fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced former Maryland State Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, age 67, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, to six months in federal prison, followed by two months of home detention with electronic monitoring, as part of three years of supervised...
