News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida -- U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced six defendants, all from South Florida, to prison terms for their roles in an extensive drug trafficking operation located in Perrine, Florida. Their prison sentences are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Akeem Bolton, age 29, of Washington, D.C., to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Duane S. Mulvaine, age 40, of Fox Lake, Wisconsin, entered a plea of guilty today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, before United States Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson for violating the Lacey Act. Mulvaine admitted to six misdemeanor counts involving...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, nearly one year after launching its investigation into the design, development, and certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Majority Staff released its preliminary investigative findings. The Boeing 737 MAX, which was certified...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 54-year-old Houston Registered Nurse has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: In a few months it will be fruit harvest season! Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park. Predictions for the 2020 fruit season show that the bloom may begin in early April and last for two to three weeks. Bing...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alaska LNG Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SOLOMON MARKOWITZ, a/k/a “Sol Markowitz," and DAVID BINET pled guilty to conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in advance fees from victims seeking standby letters of credit (“SBLCs"). BINET pled guilty today, while MARKOWITZ pled guilty on Feb. 26, 2020. Both defendants pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that Kianna Parrot, 31, of Florence, was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to accessing a protected computer for purposes of stealing benefits from disabled social security beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that LEVI HERMAN (HERMAN), age 33, pleaded guilty on March 5, 2020 before Judge Carl Barbier to a one-count Indictment for bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Ali Sultan, age 21, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty, after pleading guilty to distributing cocaine and heroin and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 6, 2020 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a request from Washington State to allow meal service during school closures to minimize potential exposure to the coronavirus. These meals are available at no cost to low-income children, and are not required to be served in a group setting, to ensure kids receive nutritious meals while schools are temporarily closed.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor, introduced new, emergency paid...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Defendant recruited and managed addicts as his distribution network, making big money off of their fentanyl addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Judiciary Committee filed a petition for rehearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its litigation to enforce its subpoena to former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Last Friday, a divided three-judge panel held that the judiciary has no place resolving these types of disputes. As today’s petition argues, “this unprecedented ruling compels the attention of the full Court."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 24-year-old after hearing how he threatened two young girls and required them to engage in commercial sex, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Kyle Greene, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the March Federal Grand Jury A.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Myra Mabry, age 50, of Catskill, New York, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for unlawfully distributing opioids, for impersonating her patients and defrauding insurance companies as part of the opioids distribution scheme, and for attempting to obstruct the investigation into her criminal activities.
