News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Donteh Mone Devoe, 41, of Anchorage, has been federally charged with two counts of production of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor. Devoe was arrested in February 2020, and was ordered detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 23, 2020, a federal grand jury handed down an indictment alleging that Martin E. McKeever (age: 51) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, possessed and distributed child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2)(A) and 2252A(a)(5)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darryl Gale, 52, a former civilian employee of the Army Ten-Miler pled guilty to stealing vendor funds from the Army Ten-Miler’s race and exposition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN -Maurice Nash, A/K/A "Monster," 47, of Atoka, TN has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly receiving files depicting child sexual abuse and concealing objects to impede the FBI’s investigation, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that William Richard Hilliard, Jr., 51, a former resident of Cleveland County and Cherryville, N.C., currently residing in Gastonia, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for secretly recording nude videos of underage females aboard his yacht.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Tier 2. The Government of the Solomon Islands does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore the Solomon...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BOTSWANA: Tier 2. The Government of Botswana does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Botswana remained on Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LIBERIA: Tier 2. The Government of Liberia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Liberia was upgraded to Tier...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SUDAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. Authorities prosecuted more suspected traffickers and launched programs to raise awareness for the first time in two years. The government...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: Directed by Sec. 204(a) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-425).
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NIGER: Tier 2. The Government of Niger does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Niger remained on Tier 2. Officials...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ANGOLA: Tier 2. The government of Angola does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Angola was upgraded to Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BENIN: Tier 2. The Government of Benin does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Benin remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CYPRUS: Tier 1. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Cyprus remained on Tier 1. These efforts included amending laws to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY- Amy Jo King, 40, of Bybro, Ky., and Christopher A. Moore, 41, of Kite, Ky., were sentenced in court on Thursday to 262 months and 108 months, respectively, in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for conspiracy and possession with intention to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of DEA's Chicago Field Division and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Darrin Demrow, 41, of Brodhead, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Demrow pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 16, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NEPAL: Tier 2. The Government of Nepal does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Nepal remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an indictment charging Seth.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: PAKISTAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Pakistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting traffickers for the first time under the government’s comprehensive human trafficking law...
