News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Hanna N. DeCicco (age 22) of Milwaukee with Making a False Statement to a Federal Firearms Dealer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(a)(6) and 924(a)(2) on July 10, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Luis Tobar, age 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. The Honorable Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Tobar to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dickinson, North 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: Concord, NH - During the early hours of Tuesday, Mariah Vetrone, 29 years-of-age, was arrested in Merrimack by Merrimack Police. Ms. Vetrone was arrested after briefly failing to pull over for law enforcement. Vetrone was taken into custody as the result of outstanding warrants and was subsequently charged with giving a false name, operating a vehicle after suspension, possession of drugs and disobeying a law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal agents have arrested twenty-four individuals for their involvement in a large-scale fraud and money laundering operation that targeted citizens, corporations, and financial institutions throughout the United States. Business email compromise schemes, romance fraud scams, and retirement account scams, among other frauds, duped numerous victims into losing more than $30 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s February jobs report...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump addressed the nation about the novel coronavirus...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member John Katko (R-NY) released the following joint statement regarding the President’s emergency declaration under the Stafford Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced yesterday that Bryant Keethe Smith Ford, age 29, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison followed by 4 years of supervised release, and to pay a...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: MINERAL, CA- Lassen Volcanic National Park and its partner Lassen Park Foundation invite youth groups to apply for a grant to stay at Volcano Adventure Camp (VAC) this summer season. Lassen Park Foundation will accept applications for grants to cover the cost of a trip to the youth camping facility in Lassen Volcanic through March 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on March 12, 2020, Jason Paul Rodriguez, a/k/a “Chico," age 40, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Christopher E. Collins, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. following his convictions for robbery, brandishing a firearm, and discharging a firearm. In addition to his...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve announced its decision to lower interest rates...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Ashley A. Bartels, 22, of Beatrice, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Omaha by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 7 years’ imprisonment after having entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. After her release from prison, Bartels will serve a five-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tacoma, Washington - A 51-year-old Lakewood, Washington, man was arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for a multi-year fraudulent tax preparation scheme he operated, even after his father went to prison for the same conduct. CLEO J. REED Jr., created “Just Us Tax Service" and later merged...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Kevin Gene Hart (31, Ocala) to 35 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. The court also sentenced Hart to supervised release for the remainder of his life following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Charged in Roswell, New Mexico Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Timothy Gerard Reader, 66, of Petoskey, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 11 years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for possessing child pornography and for violating the terms of his supervised release. U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist also ordered that Reader spend the rest of his life on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is postponing the Project Learning Tree workshops scheduled for March 20 and 21 at New Melones Lake.
