News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Herbert Graham, 32, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Missoula-A Wyoming man convicted of trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in the community for several years was sentenced today to nine years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Carbon and Sevier counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today published the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area Project in Inyo County. The Final EIS analyzes the proposed leasing of 22,800 acres of BLM-managed public lands for geothermal exploration, development and utilization in the Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area, including 9,300 acres of Development Focus Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sherryl Santos-Tan was sentenced to 25 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for wire fraud after defrauding her former employer and another individual of more than $300,000, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Thomas C. Edwards. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Edward M. Chen, U.S. District Judge.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public input on opportunities and challenges that affect the successful implementation of international school feeding programs, in particular the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Cruz-Garcia, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Phillip Michael King, 33, of Orangeburg, was charged in federal court this week in a one-count indictment with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. King also faces South Carolina state...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A California man who admitted that two pounds of meth found during a traffic stop were his was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Complaint alleges driver stole thousands in cash from the Healdsburg Post Office and used money to buy drugs, Corvette.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - More than forty local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and agents were honored today by United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office for their investigative work on several large-scale, highly impactful criminal and civil cases charged and prosecuted in federal court in Providence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that on Jan. 23, 2020, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Nicholas Adam Bartholome, age 28, Grand Forks, ND, to serve 9 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography. Bartholome was further ordered to pay $200 in special assessments to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Newton, Texas, man has been convicted of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jamir M. Ceruti, age 22, of Burlington, New Jersey, was indicted on Jan. 23, 2020, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Chesapeake, Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison for a sex offense involving a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Johnathan Matthew Taylor, 24, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce in order to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor. Following his release from prison, Taylor will serve a seven year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Three individuals were sentenced to prison for their roles in an $11 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded primarily elderly victims in the United States from call centers in Costa Rica.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A 12-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Daniel E. Russo, a pharmacist, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone, distribution of oxycodone by a pharmacist without legitimate...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Eagle Lake Field Office is accepting public input on management needs and projects that would benefit off-highway vehicle recreation on public lands.
