News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 12, 2020, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Kerry Sprouse, age 23, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 24 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida, Kieran Donnell Floyd (20, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to robbery and brandishing a firearm during that robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Ahman Walton (40, Tampa) guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin, and distributing 100 grams or more of heroin. Walton faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on March 12, 2020, Jordan James Collier, age 31, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. Collier was sentenced to 84 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Kenneth Wayne Hart, a/k/a Redds, Wayne Hawkins, Hawk, Big Daddy, Billy Reds, and Bill Red Hart, age 58, of Beltsville, Maryland, on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics; a sex trafficking conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; and witness tampering. The verdict was returned late on March 12, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. ---United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey said today there have been advertisements and claims on television and on the internet touting “cures" for the coronavirus. He asked that the public and especially our senior citizens, who are most susceptible to serious harm from COVID-19, be wary of responding to any such advertising or scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
Release: ERIE, Pa. - Residents of the Erie area and northwestern Pennsylvania region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Erie International Airport from April 6 to 10, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. ---United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey said today there have been advertisements and claims on television and on the internet touting “cures" for the coronavirus. He asked that the public and especially our senior citizens, who are most susceptible to serious harm from COVID-19, be wary of responding to any such advertising or scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734. EL CENTRO - The region’s highest-ranking law enforcement officials joined together today to issue a dire public safety alert about the extreme danger of fentanyl-laced pills following the fatal overdose of a 15-year-old...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Robert J. Powell IV, 29, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in prison, for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon. Powell pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 10, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Falsely Told Victims They Won a Lottery or Sweepstakes, but Needed to Pay Taxes or Fees in Order to Receive the Prize.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a contractor to more than three years in prison for paying bribes to the mayor of Markham to maintain and expand business with the south suburb.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Anthony Rankins, age 38, William Barton, age 38, Michael Adams, age 42, Denzel Swan, age 36, Dorral Basknight, age 40, and Furman Dennis, age 38, all of York County, Pennsylvania, were indicted on March 4, 2020, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman. “And Secretary Azar, thank you for joining us today. “Mr. Secretary, we have quite a contrast before us. “On the one hand, under the leadership of President Trump and yourself - and with the support of congressional Republicans - we are making progress toward creating a health-care...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Gresham Police Department Lieutenant Graduates from the FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in relation to an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton, where multiple gunshots were fired at Brockton Police Officers during a high-speed chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: FBI Richmond Offers Reward; Assists City of Richmond Police Department with Homicide Investigation of 3-Year Old.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stephen Stroh, 56, of Morton, PA, and Vaughan Reiser, 21, of Landenberg, PA, have been sentenced to prison by United States District Judge C. Darnell Jones II for conspiracy to import numerous controlled substances from China using...
