News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 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 31, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -John Curley, age 48, of Chester, Vermont, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for attempting to meet a 12-year-old girl for sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - A federal jury has found Emiro Hinestroza-Newbbooll (48, Colombia) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A jury on Friday convicted a Fort Belknap man accused of assaulting and strangling a woman in Lodge Pole on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Two former employees of the Chicago White Sox schemed with a ticket broker to fraudulently sell thousands of tickets to White Sox baseball games, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 31, 2020, a Phoenix-area resident, who is alleged to have been the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda terrorists in Al-Fallujah, Iraq, appeared today before a federal magistrate judge in Phoenix, Arizona in connection with proceedings to extradite him to the Republic of Iraq. He is wanted to stand trial in Iraq for two charges of premeditated murder committed in 2006 in Al-Fallujah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that three men charged with the 2019 robberies of two central Florida Rural King locations-Carlos Eduardo Hampton, Jr. (22, Tampa), Quintin Eugene Augustus (18, Cocoa), and Jonathan Arthur Floyd (21, Cocoa) have each entered guilty pleas ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: Officers Recovered a Loaded Pistol, Fentanyl, Heroin, and Surveillance Drones in Connection with Defendant’s Arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A jury on Friday convicted a Fort Belknap man accused of assaulting and strangling a woman in Lodge Pole on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced two Irvington, New Jersey men, one of whom is currently attending the Irvington Fire Academy in order to become a firefighter, have been charged for operating a “mill" for the manufacture of illegal narcotic pills in an Irvington residence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers recently arrested a Mexican man who was released from Philadelphia custody on three prior occasions, despite ICE detainers filed with local authorities each time. In addition to the ignored...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that John David Sanders, age 41, of Valliant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Failure To Register As Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Colombian national was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for his leadership of a seven-year fraud and identity theft conspiracy that victimized more than 350 people and caused losses of nearly $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 25-year-old Mexican national has entered a guilty plea to exporting ammunition from the United States to Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sterling Ross, IV, age 26, was sentenced to 54 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: INDEPENDENCE, CA - Manzanar’s award-winning public archeology program provides exceptional opportunities to learn about the past and helps preserve the site and its stories for the future. From March 12-16, 2020 and March 19-23, 2020, volunteers will have the unique opportunity to assist the National Park Service in uncovering and stabilizing Manzanar’s historic Children’s Village area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling over $3.2 million from his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A Snohomish, Washington, man who was sentenced just last week to 78 months in prison for dealing fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine is back behind bars tonight after being arrested on his way to a drug deal in Whatcom County. Michael John Scott, who tells his drug contacts to call him the ‘Italian...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from Robbery at Fifth Third Bank in Hermitage, Tennessee.
