News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 9, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Robert Carl Eaton, III, age 26, of York, Pennsylvania, to 48 months’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart announced that three new Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) have joined his team -- Ryan Blackwell, Courtney Cremeans and Nick Miller. The AUSAs took the Oath of Office before Senior United States District John T. Copenhaver, Jr. today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Milo, Missouri, woman has been sentenced in federal court for her role in a conspiracy to sell methamphetamine in exchange for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (commonly known as “food stamps").
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: An Iranian-born, U.S. naturalized 40-year-old man who launched multiple international cyber-attacks on media, bloggers, and legal news aggregation websites was sentenced on Monday to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $520,000 in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On June 9, 2020, Bryant Dewayne Pouncy, a 47 year old resident of Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 360 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premises, maintaining a drug “stash...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Defendant Charged with Visa Fraud, Arrested At Airport While Planning To Leave the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Defendant previously convicted of assaulting a pregnant woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the arrest of JONATHAN WEISS, a/k/a “Ian_Jameson." WEISS is charged with communicating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Joseph Shockey, 53, of Fort Mitchell, Ky., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Thursday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after previously pleading guilty, in January 2020, to bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ann Sonderman Giles, 56, and Lu Anne Wallace, 66, both of Lexington, pled guilty on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to conspiring to defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jamohn Barney, 25, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm as a felon. Barney pleaded guilty to this charge on February 5, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Nathanael Peguero, 27, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who supplied Medicare patient information to his co-conspirators to ultimately bill Medicare for durable medical equipment claims has been charged for his alleged participation in a kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Corvallis, Oregon, man has been charged with defrauding members of his church, coworkers, and others by soliciting investments under the false pretense of supporting Christian missionaries and organizations.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Yakima basin water supply will fully satisfy senior water rights. Junior water rights will receive an estimated 92% of their entitlements based on the June 2020 total water supply available forecast.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Harry Kinds, age 37, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a criminal complaint was issued on Saturday, June 6, 2020, charging Adrian Wood, 21, of Washington State, with engaging in a civil disorder that obstructed, impeded, or interfered with a law enforcement officer’s lawful duties. If convicted, Wood faces a statutory maximum punishment of up to five years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will implement Phase 2 of their re-opening plan on Wednesday, June 17, to further increase recreational access following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities. The park implemented Phase 1 on Wednesday, June 3, and re-opened access to.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will issue the Northern Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft Amended Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for a 90-day public comment period on June 12. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and illegal reentry.
