News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Johnson had prior felony drug conviction and previous assault on another with a chainsaw.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Keyur Hirenbhai Patel, a citizen of India, was charged with illegally reentering the United States. Keyur Hirenbhai Patel made his initial appearances before U.S. District Judge Curtis Gomez on Thursday. After preliminary and detention hearings on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller ordered Keyur Hirenbhai Patel detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -United States Attorney Mike Stuart, along with law enforcement and City of Huntington officials, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. regarding an indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former executive assistant of a Waltham-based technology company was sentenced today in connection with a fraud and embezzlement scheme that netted over $3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 31-year-old Houston resident has been sentenced for obtaining kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexican suppliers and distributing them to various customers in the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 36 Democratic Senators in sending a letter demanding that President Trump retract statements he made last week threatening to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), released a report Wednesday detailing the nonimmigrant student population. The report highlights calendar year 2018 data from the Student and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - DANIEL SANCHEZ-MENDOZA. On Jan. 21, Daniel Sanchez-Mendoza, 27, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Sanchez-Mendoza was pulled over by law enforcement for a traffic violation, and after consenting to a search, was found to be in possession of methamphetamine...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: STUTTGART, Arkansas, Jan. 28, 2020-GEDrew is a brown rice with an odd kernel trait that sidelined its commercial prospects. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists' re-examination of the trait and its link to increased antioxidant levels could give the rice variety a new commercial lease on life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: South Florida Resident Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Selling Firearms to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo grand jury has charged three Honduran nationals and a young Guatamalan man for assaulting Border Patrol (BP) agents, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of the federal robbery, extortion, firearms, and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terry Thomas, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 121 months incarceration for multiple charges involving an oxycodone distribution operation that spanned two states and four North Central West Virginia counties, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael J. De Palma, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office announced that on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: FBI Announces $25,000 Reward for Harrisburg-Area Armed Serial Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed two civil complaints today seeking temporary restraining orders in landmark cases against five companies and three individuals allegedly responsible for carrying many millions of fraudulent robocalls from foreign call centers to individuals in the United States, the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for seven positions on the newly established San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council, in accordance with the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act and Secretary's Order 3374. As published in the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2020
News Release: “The emergency prohibition of fentanyl analogues expires on February 6 without congressional action. Fentanyl and its analogues are responsible for hundreds of fatal and non-fatal overdoses in the Northern District. Without action by Congress, my partners and I will not have the tools we need to protect families in the Northern District from the onslaught of these extraordinarily dangerous substances.
