News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to over nine years in prison for supplying over 770 grams of heroin to a distributer between March 2017 and December 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for positions on 27 Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) nationwide, which include seven vacant positions on the Central California RAC. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Daniel Robert, 43, of Meridian, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury after a three day trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III in Jackson. Robert was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ELISEO MARTINEZ (MARTINEZ), age 48, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2020 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of medical products, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Search Recovered Four Firearms, Cocaine, and Nearly $40,000 in Cash; Likely Faces Eight Years in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Richland, Washington couple and their companies, HTG Trucking LLC and Freedom Fuel Inc., were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Richland, Washington for fraud and false statement charges in connection with a renewable energy fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington William D. Hyslop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Florida man is the first of 12 charged in Cincinnati in a moving company racketeering conspiracy to plead guilty in U.S. District Court. Members of the racketeering conspiracy defrauded, extorted, and stole from customers who hired companies controlled by the moving enterprise to move customers’ household goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two men pled guilty today for their participation in a drug trafficking operation in Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. David Dove, 49, of Scarbro, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, while Christopher...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A former construction project manager for a Newport-based real estate development company pled guilty in federal court in Providence on Thursday to twelve counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft charges, admitting that he created a scheme that defrauded banks, construction companies, and his employer of more than $200,000.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: The Hoh Rain Forest area of Olympic National Park is temporarily closed until repairs are completed on Upper Hoh Road outside the park boundary. Jefferson County closed the Upper Hoh Road to through traffic today due to the washout at milepost 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Justin Martin, 40, of Coulterville, Illinois, has been sentenced to serve 67 months in federal prison for knowingly possessing seven stolen firearms and using them to acquire illegal drugs. The guns at issue were stolen from a licensed firearm distributor in Perry County in September 2018. According to court documents, Martin and others planned the theft in advance and later sold the guns to a drug dealer for seven grams of methamphetamine and $500 in cash.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will offer 26 parcels totaling approximately 30,548 acres in the March 26, 2020, quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com. Bidding will begin at 9 a.m. MST.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Allahjuan Calhoun, 29, of Yonkers, NY, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington to 26 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Calhoun serve a two-year term of supervised release following completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - A local registered sex offender has been charged federally with sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that LAKISHA WILLIAMS, age 38, and her spouse BRITTANY WHITE, age 33, both of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to charges stemming from their participation in a credit card fraud ring that operated in the New Orleans area.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $57,400 civil penalty against Alaska Airlines of Seattle, Wash., for alleged drug and alcohol testing violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Kia Zolfaghari was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, Senior United States District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has announced business opportunities for Firewood Sales and Incidental Visitor Services within the Park. Incidental Visitor Services include the sale of sunscreen, insect repellent, limited camping supplies and vended beverages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - An illegal alien from Mexico, Jesus Vega, 38, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
