News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston with distributing fentanyl resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Greeley, Colorado, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Douglas Gary Mayes, 66, of Gulfport, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: A Mexican national was sentenced Thursday to 600 months in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child and for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS --The executive director of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition, along with two board officials, were charged today in a scheme to steal federal grant money to make unapproved trips to Las Vegas and to receive other unauthorized benefits, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Bernard Jackson, 44, was found guilty on Jan. 29, 2020, following a two-day jury trial in federal court for Strangulation and Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender. Senior United States Judge Laurie Smith Camp scheduled Jackson’s sentencing for April 27, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. Jackson faces up to ten years in prison on the Strangulation count.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement of guidelines for states seeking to convert Medicaid to block grants-a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Brandon Fuller, 27, of Chicago, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II, after having pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to acquire controlled substances by misrepresentation, conspiracy to commit identification document fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - After demanding and starting a federal jury trial, Arnold Eden, 52, has pleaded guilty to bank robbery before the completion of proof in the case. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Albert Veliu was sentenced by United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to nine years’ imprisonment for his role in a money laundering scheme that resulted in the defendant’s purchase and sale of an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47s rifles in Kosovo. Veliu pleaded guilty in February 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: ICYMI - Reps. Brady and Walorski oped: Build on the momentum for paid leave.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Guilford County businessman was sentenced to six months in federal prison on Jan. 28, 2020, for failing to file a federal tax return, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Reservations for Mora Campground in Olympic National Park are now available for the peak season (June 10 through September 16) through the online system managed by Recreation.gov. During the rest of the year, campsites are available on a first come, first served basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Last Defendant Convicted in Stanford International Bank $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Jamal Simon and his Co-Conspirators Stole Other Individuals’ Identities To Fraudulently Obtain More Than $3.5 Million in Cash, Gift Cards, and Merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced CHRISTIAN TOLEDO, also known as “FLACO," 24 of Athens, Georgia, to 180 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for possession with the intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- Twenty-one rural American communities that have borne the brunt of the opioid epidemic will receive $14.8 million in funding to develop tailored and innovative responses to gaps in prevention, treatment and/or recovery services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposal to allow states to block grant their Medicaid programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of failure to register under SORNA, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s proposal to allow states to block grant their Medicaid programs...
