News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Dallas Smith, 59, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michele Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Michler Gabriel (38, Tampa) with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Gabriel faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Gabriel that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of a superseding indictment charging Kermon Williams, a/k/a “The General" (42, St. Petersburg), James Higgs, Jr., a/k/a “Hammer" (40, St. Petersburg), and Jhaphre Higgs, a/k/a “Pre," (35, St. Petersburg) in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Shawntavius Ramone Johnson, 26, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Edwin Calligan, age 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, importing a detectible amount of 5F-adb (synthetic cannabinoid) into the United States and attempted possession with intent to distribute 5F-adb., announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Manuel Alfonso Munoz, 48, of Tampa, was sentenced to nine years and three months in federal prison for selling cocaine. Munoz pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2019.
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 DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to over $96 million in funding for bioenergy research and development. This funding supports the U.S. bioeconomy, as well as DOE’s goal of providing consumers and businesses with a range of domestic energy options that are affordable, reliable, and secure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced Danielle W. Henke, age 47, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Henke to 60 months’ imprisonment. Henke also relinquished...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $133 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. This funding supports research that will lead to more affordable, efficient, and secure transportation energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Members of $11 Million International Telemarketing Scheme Sentenced to Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: On December 6, 2019, Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, a Saudi Arabian national here in the United States on an A-2 visa for military training, killed three people and injured eight at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. On Jan. 13, 2020, Attorney General William Barr...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will offer 25 parcels of land, totaling approximately 32,714 acres, at the March quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located in Uintah County on lands managed by the BLM’s Vernal Field Office. The BLM will hold...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2020 Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. The program offers training and collaborative research opportunities to early and mid-career scientists, researchers, and policymakers from eligible...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: The government of Samoa has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Turmeric Rhizomes (Curcuma longa) for consumption into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accepting applications from U.S. citizens interested in becoming air traffic controllers from January 24 through 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - DynCorp International, LLC (DynCorp), located in McLean, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle civil fraud allegations involving two former DynCorp officials, Wesley Aaron Struble and Jose Rivera, who solicited and accepted kickbacks from an Iraqi subcontractor in connection with DynCorp’s lease of property for its operations in Baghdad, Iraq on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Linda Lancon, 30, of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced this morning for her participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 35 kilograms of cocaine. Lancon was convicted by a jury following a trial conducted in October of 2019.
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 USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: The government of Mexico has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Turmeric Rhizomes (Curcuma longa) for consumption into the United States and Territories. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with ...
