News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


East Saint Louis Man Sentenced to 216 Months in Prison for Child Pornography

News Release: St. Louis - Parris Guyton, 48, of East Saint Louis, IL, was sentenced to 216 months in prison for receipt of child pornography. Guyton appeared in federal court today before United States Judge Rodney W. Sippel.


Agency Village Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man was sentenced on June 8, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Suicidal man sentenced after deliberately ramming stolen pickup truck into military base

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 48-year-old Beeville man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for destruction of U.S. government property and possession of a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that a criminal complaint was issued charging Terry Lemond Dorsey, age 21, Kenyatta Sheire Huggins, age 22, and Shamyrin Djhodi Johnson, age 22, all of Baton Rouge, with conspiracy to maliciously damage or destroy by fire buildings used in interstate...


News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A San Bernardino man who was on federal supervised release when he was found with hundreds of videos and still images depicting child pornography has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison - the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles.


News Release: Middlesex Borough, New Jersey, is working toward acquiring a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site for its Department of Public Works, supporting a $40 million adjacent development and a larger community redevelopment zone. To help make the borough’s plan a reality, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) has accelerated the process of transferring the southern portion of the Middlesex South, New Jersey, FUSRAP site.


San Diego Man Sentenced to 85 Years in Prison for 10 Armed Robberies

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983 and Shital Thakkar (619) 546-8785.


Veblen Woman Sentenced in Federal Court for Mail Fraud Involving Head Start Program

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Veblen, South Dakota, woman was sentenced on June 8, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Ohio Firm Posts $90,000 Employment Bond

News Release: Washington - Great Lakes Packers Inc., operating out of Bellevue, Ohio, has posted a $90,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to employ Andrew Weingart, as required by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


Lexington Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington, Ky., man, Cheike Gueye, 35, pled guilty in federal court on Monday, before Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, to two counts of bank robbery.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RICHARD YUAN LI, age 20, a resident of Hercules, California, was charged on June 8, 2020 in the Eastern District of Louisiana in a one-count Bill of Information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1343, for his role in a SIM Swap scam that targeted at least twenty people, including a New Orleans-area physician.


Park Visitation for May

News Release: The National Park Service has compiled visitation statistics for Grand Teton National Park for the month of May.


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced two federal criminal complaints against SAMUEL ELLIOTT FREY, 19, and BAILEY MARIE BALDUS, 19, charging them with conspiracy to commit arson. FREY and BALDUS made their initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Amarillo Drug Dealer Who Sold Fatal Heroin Sentenced to 20 Years

News Release: An Amarillo drug dealer who sold a deadly dose of heroin has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - Jonathan York, 33, pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate and then conspiring to cover up the incident while York was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee D. Michael Dunavant, and FBI-Memphis Special Agent in Charge M.A. Myers.


Inmate at USP Lee Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Weapon

News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at the USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.


News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Arshdeep Singh, 21, a citizen of India, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute and importation of marijuana. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.


News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with unlawfully importing and exporting salamander and turtle species.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961.


Harvard University Professor Indicted on False Statement Charges

News Release: Harvard University Professor Indicted on False Statement Charges.