News published on Federal Newswire in January 2020

News from January 2020


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 22 months in jail and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution on her conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Maitland Man Pleads Guilty to Two Bank Robberies

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Maitland, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing banks in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri.


News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Park rangers responded to a two-car collision on CA-190 on the evening of December 30. This incident is the fourth major motor vehicle accident in Death Valley National Park in recent weeks. Collectively, there have been 11 park visitors injured and one fatality.


USDA Accepting Applications for Trade Mission to North Africa

News Release: Washington, D.C., Jan. 2, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recruiting interested U.S. exporters for its first 2020 trade mission, which will take place in Casablanca, Morocco, March 16-19. The mission will focus on boosting U.S. agricultural exports to all of North Africa and will include interested buyers not just from Morocco, but from Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia as well.


News Release: Law Enforcement Seeking Identity of Suspect Responsible for Two New Orleans Bank Robberies.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement regarding the death of Qassem Suleimani:


Areas of Central Teton Range in Park Temporarily Closed  For Nonnative Mountain Goat Management

News Release: Grand Teton National Park will implement a temporary area closure for public and operational safety during nonnative mountain goat removal activities January 5-12, 2020. The closure area is bounded on the south by South, Middle and Grand Tetons, Mount Owen and Teewinot Mountain peaks; bounded on the...


News Release: Must Forfeit Over $2 Million Seized by Law Enforcement.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Maitland, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing banks in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the Allenwood United States Penitentiary in Allenwood, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of infliction of bodily injury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Swiss Asset Management Firm and Its Owner Charged in Manhattan Federal Court for Orchestrating Stock Manipulation Scheme

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging BLACKLIGHT, S.A., a Swiss...


Deerfield Man Sentenced To 30 Months For Importation Of Ecstasy

News Release: CONCORD - Ahmad Khawaja, 22, of Deerfield, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for importation of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of one count of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance was sentenced on Dec. 30, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Release: NANTUCKET - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day “Express" recruitment event on Saturday, Jan. 18, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK).


Man from Santo Domingo Pueblo sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for sexual abuse

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Clarence Garcia, 64, an enrolled member of the Santo Domingo Pueblo, who resides in Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque to 15 years (180 months) in prison for abusive sexual contact.


News Release: Event to Provide First Public Preview of Nation’s Largest Civic Outreach Campaign.


Larry Mitchell Hopkins pleads guilty to federal firearm charge in New Mexico

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton Jr., 70, of Flora Vista, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton Jr., 70, of Flora Vista, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary, Larceny, Assaulting Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Price, Jr. (619) 546-7642.