News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 51-year-old resident of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been handed a significant sentence for possession with intent to distribute 69 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: During a ceremony today in Washington, D.C., United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald was appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. On Oct. 28, 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order No. 13896...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Two Mississippi Men Sentenced for Roles in Automotive Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Haley Hansler, 33, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former CEO and President of Insys Therapeutics was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for bribing practitioners to prescribe Subsys, a fentanyl-based pain medication, often when medically unnecessary.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, today led an enrollment ceremony to sign the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act. Grassley’s signing of the legislation is the final step before it...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Robert Dale Terry, 53, of Hazard, Kentucky, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison on Wednesday, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in furtherance of taking money by force, violence, and intimidation, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Weir.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MATTHEW COURTNEY will pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act. COURTNEY was the owner of two schools, Louisiana Shooters Unlimited and Arete Training Group, both of which had been certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Louisiana Department of Veteran’s Affairs to receive VA educational funding to provide classes to eligible veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Harrith Saleem Brown, a 23-year old man with past addresses in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
Release: USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) new Citrus website delivers a comprehensive, single resource for stakeholders and the public. Now users can quickly find information about citrus pests and diseases, explore interactive quarantine maps, view the latest regulations by pest or State, and report signs of citrus pests and disease-all in one place.For more information, email:PPQ.Citrus.Health@usda.gov
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Fort Payne, Ala. - Little River Canyon National Preserve is a public land with many different uses. Some events, including group recreation and celebrating family milestones, require a Special Use Permit.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Buffalo National River and Buffalo National River Partners (BNRP) are pleased to announce the BNRP 50th Anniversary Celebration Logo Contest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - George Gilmore, a partner at an Ocean County 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., First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ARMANDO ENRIQUEZ-MORA, age 38, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Jan. 21, 2020 after pleading guilty to illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Travis Larkin, 29, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln. Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Larkin to 15 ½ years in prison for attempting to entice a minor. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison after admitting he conspired to import over 50 kilograms of meth into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: Former postal worker also admits embezzling from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office is seeking public comment on a preliminary environmental assessment and travel plan that includes 45 miles of roads and trails on BLM-managed land in San Juan County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Travis Larkin, 29, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln. Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Larkin to 15 ½ years in prison for attempting to entice a minor. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release...
