News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Natick man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: A gang member involved in several drive-by shootings in Dallas was sentenced today to 17 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Chairs of three U.S. House Committees released a framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure that would address some of the country’s most urgent infrastructure needs, from addressing the massive maintenance backlog, to designing safer streets, to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two people were sentenced today for their roles in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A criminal information has been filed against a 58-year-old Bryan resident for his suspected role involving wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan. K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: “In their continual display of greed without remorse, drug cartels have exploited the American opioid crisis for profit. In the past five years, cartels have expanded from producing heroin to even more potent substances like fentanyl. And then to fentanyl-like substances. Fentanyl is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin. These fentanyl-like substances are often even more potent than fentanyl and are usually cheaper or easier to manufacture than fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Dillon, 55, of Lancaster, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 52 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $5,245,862.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 28, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Matthew J. Hornung (age: 36), formerly of Wausau. The indictment charges Hornung as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old resident of Houston has been charged with five counts of theft of public money and five counts of issuing postal money orders without receiving payment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Scott D. Tingler, a Morgantown, West Virginia pharmacist, was sentenced today to 121 months incarceration for illegally distributing oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA -Lawrence Keefe, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentencings of Erik M. Schabert, 48, a physician, and his ex-wife, Mika Kamissa Harris, 49,.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: “The emergency prohibition of fentanyl analogues expires on Feb. 6 without congressional action. Fentanyl and its analogues are responsible for at least 31 overdose deaths since 2015 in Montana. Unless Congress acts, law enforcement will not have the tools it needs to protect Montana families from the onslaught of these extraordinarily dangerous substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced some changes to his Senior Leadership Team. While some senior staff will continue to support Mr. Powell in their roles, some personnel changes have taken place in the management of the Wheeling, Martinsburg, Clarksburg, and Elkins offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Deshaun A. Jones, 40, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition. Judge John R. Adams sentenced Jones to 120 months of incarceration and three years of supervised release. The judge also imposed a 21-month term of incarceration to be served consecutively because Jones violated the terms of his current supervision when he was convicted of this crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury in Baltimore, today convicted Davon Carter, age 39, and Clifton Mosley, age 41, both of Baltimore, for two counts of conspiracy to murder a witness and one count each of witness retaliation murder and witness tampering murder, related to the murder of Latrina Ashburne...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office is seeking public input on a proposed management plan for the approximately 22,000-acre Spring Creek Basin Wild Horse Herd Management Area in Disappointment Valley. The proposed plan evaluates the area’s soil and water quality, plant and animal numbers, and overall landscape productivity relative to the Colorado Public Health Standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: FBI Charlotte Warns of Scammers Spoofing FBI Phone Numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brookline landlord has entered into a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations that she refused to fully refund a servicemember who had to terminate his lease because he was relocated by the U.S. Army.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ROBERT TYCELL LOCKHART, 30, of Fayetteville, NC, today. LOCKHART was sentenced to 277 months imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
