News from March 2020
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: 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 EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - As COVID-19 continues, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) praise the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Keep Americans Connected pledge and the steps taken by individual private companies to make sure Americans have access to internet during this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Spartanburg, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Detric McGowan, aka “Fat," 47, of Piedmont, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy involving cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and tramadol;...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) issued the following statements after President Trump invoked the Stafford...
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: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following a three week trial, a federal jury has convicted Titus Thompson, Jr., 35, of Buffalo, NY, and Deonte Cooper 25, of Ashtabula, Ohio, of conspiracy to traffic firearms from Ohio to Buffalo. The charge carries a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Zoobia Shahnaz was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically more than $150,000 to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Shahnaz pleaded guilty in November 2018.
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: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of PHELIXIS FITZGERALD MAR ROBINSON, a/k/a “Storm," 45, to 139 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. ROBINSON, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2019, was sentenced yesterday before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -At the request of the Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. José E. Serrano, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. David E. Price, the Census Bureau provided a briefing today on its efforts to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Lake Oswego Police Department Lieutenant Graduates from the FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Joseph Williams Possessed Thousands of Child Pornography Images and Videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that the former Chairman for a political party in Delaware County, Indiana, Phil Nichols, and a Sergeant for the Muncie Police Department, Jess Neal, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Three Muncie Police Officers Indicted for Using Excessive Force and Attempting to Cover It Up.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Boston - A Dominican national, formerly residing in Lawrence, was sentenced to 12 months in prison in federal court in Boston today for his conviction for false representation of a Social Security number.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 12, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s address to the nation regarding COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Takii Nikeya Smith, age 44, of Cambridge, Maryland, to 13 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, on the federal charges of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demario T. Chatmon, a/k/a/ Shawn, 41, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Obed WSR invites photographers to submit entries for the park's ninth annual photo contest. Obed is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the park. Images may show wildlife, plant life, natural landscapes...
