News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deshawn Foreman, 24, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. This prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Zayha Marie Meehan, 39, and Sarah Hall-Wright, 30, both of Anchorage, have been charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition following a crime spree of shootings and robberies spanning several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deshawn Foreman, 24, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. This prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two MS-13 members were sentenced today to over a combined 28 years in prison for their roles in a December 2018 shooting and stabbing that occurred in Four Mile Run Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - A Garden City, New York, man was charged Friday, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York. The indictment filed with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York charges Thomas Blaha, 64, with traveling to the Philippines with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference negotiation session with Delta and San Felipe Division Contractors for water service contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo.-In anticipation of the Independence Day Holiday, the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is again making a temporary, local exception to the fireworks ban on public lands. The use of fireworks will be permitted at a gravel pit northwest of Worland from July 2-5, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Ramon Hernandez-Reyes, 33, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Modesto Alvarado, 18, a United States citizen living in Houston, Texas, pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. in connection with illegal alien smuggling in Harrison County, announced U.S. Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Custom Fresh Cuts Inc. (Custom Fresh Cuts), Los Angeles, Calif., for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Isidro De Los Santos, 33, of Syracuse pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Rainier, Oregon man has been charged with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and transporting her from her home in Ilwalco, Washington to Rainier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Erin Hossler, age 50, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the former treasurer for Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, was indicted on June 17, 2020, by a federal grand jury on three counts of tax evasion for 2015, 2016, and 2017 and 12 counts of failure to account for and pay over employment tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Traveled from New York to the Philippines to Engage in Sexual Activity with 13-Year-Old Girl in Exchange for Money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley woman was arrested this morning on a criminal complaint alleging she fraudulently solicited $21.6 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spent a significant portion of her victims’ money on her own lavish living expenses, including luxury cars, travel, and designer clothing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm that he used to shoot his girlfriend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Albuquerque, NM - Joseph MacDonald was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after the United States Marshals Service (USMS) South West Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) was contacted by the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis) USMS. The SWIFT Taskforce is comprised of the United States Marshals Service, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, New Mexico State Police, Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Isidro De Los Santos, age 33, of Syracuse pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Verquan Jackson, 32, of Niagara Falls, NY, with attempted possession with intent to distribute MDMA, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses. The charges carry up to 45 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Wilson man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for unlawfully possessing ammunition.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretaries Mnuchin and DeVos: We urge you to partner to conduct a public awareness campaign about the availability of Economic Impact Payments to students and families who may not have filed federal tax returns or submitted the information needed to access this critical financial support. While...
