News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Augustin Dalusma to eight years and one month in federal prison for filing false claims and tax fraud. The court also ordered Dalusma to pay $2,170,538.77 to the IRS in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - MICAH LYNNE WASCHER, 37, and TRAVIS EUGENE WASCHER, 43, both of Canute, Oklahoma, were sentenced earlier today for their roles in distributing methamphetamine for incarcerated leaders of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB), announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A grand jury in Wichita returned two indictments today charging federal gun crimes under the Justice Department’s new initiative called Project Guardian, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts on all counts against a 40-year-old Brownsville man for his role in trafficking more than 1000 kilograms of cocaine involving $26 million in drug proceeds, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Synthetic ID Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced William E. Tyler, age 56, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the illegal transfer and possession of a machine gun. Tyler is the former Chief ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced three New Jersey men today admitted their roles in a Passaic County cocaine distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James G. Moore, Jr., of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on Jan. 27, 2020, United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Willie Israel Navarette, age 42, Watford City, ND, on charges of Possession of Firearms and Ammunition by a convicted felon. A jury convicted Navarette of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bruce Richter, age 51, of Exeter Missouri, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Netzahualcoyotl Cerna, 40, of Reedley, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 19 years in prison for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and U.S. Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN) from today’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management hearing entitled, “GSA Outleases and the Trump Old Post Office Hotel":
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: By Sen. Chuck Grassley. Skeptics of President Donald Trump’s bold way of negotiating trade ate a bit of crow this month. That includes this Iowa senator. I’m not a big fan of tariffs. So, when the president imposed tariffs as leverage in world trade talks, I was skeptical. And yet, here we are starting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy for Sex Trafficking was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Moses Lake Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: A New Jersey man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to conspiring with others to purchase, transport and sell more than 1,000 box turtles that were unlawfully collected from the state of Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 28, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2020 general signup to enroll by Feb. 28, 2020. This signup is available to farmers and private landowners who are either enrolling for the first time or re-enrolling for another 10- to 15-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Director of Public Works Mohammed Colin Nuru and restauranteur Nick James Bovis have been charged in a criminal complaint with honest services wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe a San Francisco Airport Commissioner, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett of the San Francisco Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Harold Arnold, 69, of London, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, to 31 months in prison for defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) and committing aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A doctor with offices in Washington, Hackettstown, and Succasunna, New Jersey, and his co-defendant today admitted their roles in a health care conspiracy to bill Medicare and private health insurance companies for medical services fraudulently claimed to have been provided by a licensed medical doctor, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
