News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: For Felon in Possession of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL FITZGERALD WILLIAMS, 54, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man appeared in court today on charges that he laundered funds related to a $30 million wire fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Defendant Conspired with Former D.C. Government Employee Who Pled Guilty in July.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Arielle Steed, 27, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for aiding and abetting the robbery of a United States Postal employee. Steed appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A total of 17 defendants, primarily from the Kansas City metropolitan area, have been indicted for their roles in a nearly $10 million conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued a reminder that the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will begin inspections of tomatoes coming into the United States from Mexico at border locations on April 4, 2020. The inspections are in accordance with the requirements of the Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, negotiated by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: One year into his tenure as director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy, Kevin R. Frost has been hard at work implementing programs to serve Indian Country. With last week’s announcement that the Office plans to issue a new funding announcement later this year, we caught up with Director Frost to hear firsthand how he hopes this opportunity will benefit tribes looking to develop their energy resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Jury verdict results in recovery of more than $10.85 million to the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Dr. Thi Thien Nguyen Tran and Village Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, L.L.C. have agreed to pay the United States $1.744 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims to Medicare for wound repairs related to Mohs surgery.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Three Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging him to take immediate action to prevent deceptive advertising and dangerous misinformation related to the coronavirus global pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - John Sibley (33, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned a 12-count indictment against two officers - Joseph Chase Winkle, 34, and Jeremy Gibson, 30 - and one sergeant, Joseph Krejsa, 50, of the Muncie Police Department for their roles in using excessive force against arrestees and attempting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury has found Paul Edward Lee, Jr. (40, Jacksonville) guilty of knowingly soliciting a minor to produce and send pornographic videos and images depicting sexual abuse of the minor. In 2011, Lee was convicted of lascivious molestation and exhibition of a child under...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tracy Lee Cernicek, 48, of St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for wire fraud. Cernicek appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Mar.13, 2020)-Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Republican National Committee responded to the Committee’s request to halt all deceptive census communications in electronic and paper form...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises Near a Playground.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an eight-count superseding indictment charging Sherman Michael Puckett (32, Clearwater) with one count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, three counts of possessing controlled substances with the intent...
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: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Making a False Statement in the Attempted Acquisition of a Firearm.
