News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced David Richison, age 64, of Frederick, Maryland, to 48 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aiding in the filing of a false tax return. Richison, who owned and operated a payroll processing business, took funds from...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the unveiling of the final ‘Waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) replacement rule.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announcement of the replacement for the illegal 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Jan. 22, 2020, Kristopher Ives, 33, of Portland, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally accessing the computer network and data of his former employer, Gearbox Studios, after being terminated.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Eldar Rezvanov on Jan. 16, to his home country of Kazakhstan via commercial aircraft.
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 Damian Sierra (41, Port St. Lucie) with possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. If convicted, Sierra faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
Release: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded California residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another federally-approved form of identification to board a commercial flight or enter a secure federal facility.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: MANASSAS, Va. - Manassas National Battlefield Park will implement its second year of deer management to protect and restore native plants, promote healthy and diverse forests and protect historic landscapes. The operations window is February 3 through March 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and to pay restitution to the victim bank on his bank robbery conviction, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich Appointed by United States Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brad Acy Holley, 39, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brad Acy Holley, 39, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 38-year-old Carthage, 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 22, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, and for the fourth time since 2016, U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announce that they have recovered a more than 500-year-old copy of Christopher Columbus’ letter describing his discoveries in the Americas to the Government of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Nepalese man currently residing in California was sentenced today in Bangor for marriage fraud and conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Paige Cagle, 26, of Lexington, admitted to using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography, on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge Karen K. Caldwell.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf issued the following statement regarding the migrant caravan at the Guatemala-Mexico border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the establishment of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. On Oct. 28, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order No. 13896, authorizing and designating the Attorney General to create such a Commission that would explore modern issues affecting law enforcement that most impact the ability of American policing to reduce crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: A veteran detective for the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Police Department, who was also a task force officer with the FBI and a member of the Cumberland County Drug Task Force, was indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, drug distribution, fraud and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: George Gilmore, a partner at an Ocean County, New Jersey, law firm, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for his conviction on two counts of failing to pay over payroll taxes withheld from employees to the IRS and one count of making false statements on a bank loan application submitted to Ocean First Bank N.A.
