News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Donovan J. Barker, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 57 months in federal prison following his conviction for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The Court further sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Gomez and his handgun were discovered during the investigation of a home burglary.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Trump signed the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act, introduced by Energy and Commerce Reps. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), into law.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Fort Payne, Ala. - Little River Canyon National Preserve is excited to announce that free Ranger-led hikes will be offered on Saturdays this February.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in conspiring to distribute oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dr. James E. Moylan, 57, a Philadelphia chiropractor and the former Chair of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustments, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, $52,898...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRELL HUNTER, also known as “Rell" and “Killer," 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RANDY PARKMAN, 43, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to robbery and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging JILL THOMPSON ARRINGTON, age 42, of Rocky Mount, with seven counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government property, and one count of financial aid fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jesus Sanchez, Jr, age 22, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after his guilty plea of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and maintaining a drug involved premises, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A St. Albans man pled guilty to a drug crime today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. John Harvey Bush, Jr., 27, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Venango County Economic Development Authority of Franklin, Pennsylvania, to renovate the third floor of the historic Oil City National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Company Agrees to Pay $3 Million as Part of Non-Prosecution Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Fredrick D. McCracken, age 62, of Converse, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady for wire fraud and making a false statement on an income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CLETUS JONES, 39, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: Mark F. Spindler, a certified public accountant, was found guilty of conspiring with Brian L. Ganos in a scheme to use front companies to obtain set-aside contracts intended for small businesses led by service-disabled veterans and disadvantaged individuals.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and Inyo National Forest will hold an open house at the co-located BLM/Forest Service office, 351 Pacu Lane, Bishop, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, to gather public input for potential off-highway vehicle grant funding requests.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: DELAIR, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Aluminum Shapes LLC for workplace safety and health hazards after a crane operator was injured in August 2019 at the aluminum manufacturer’s Delair, New Jersey, foundry. The company faces $169,524 in penalties for these violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix Figueroa, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former executive at a New Jersey publication company pleaded guilty today to defrauding the company by embezzling millions of dollars for his personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
