News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Adrian Torres, 22, of Fresno, was sentenced today to 6 ½ years in prison for being a felon in possession a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Defendants admitted that their conduct contributed to the death of a Massachusetts man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAMES TYRONE HAYES, also known as “Ty," 50, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On March 3, 2020, United States District Judge John J. Tuchi sentenced Abdul Khabir Wahid, 54, of Phoenix, to 67 months in prison for making a false statement to the FBI during an investigation involving international terrorism and tampering with a witness, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ed Hastey, former state director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California whose 40-year career left a lasting mark on the management of public lands in the state, has died.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Three defendants charged in Southern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Distributed Enough Fentanyl to Kill at Least 600,000 People and Used Firearms in Furtherance of the Drug Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft proposed plan today to address potential structural fixes associated with long-term operations of the Truckee Canal located in western Nevada. The canal is presently operated at a stage or water height that complies with short-term risk reduction measures until the plan is implemented.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Jones, 27, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: For Distributing Controlled Substances and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin Perry has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in a foreign currency trading scam that began when he was a teenager.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Utah man convicted at trial of trafficking methamphetamine in the Kalispell area was sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - On March 6, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on analysis provided in the Oocyte Growth Factor Vaccine Study Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM developed the study in response...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that Shawn Wayne Farris, 54, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Farris had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man who admitted robbing an auto repair shop and shooting an employee has been sentenced to the maximum term in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office, in partnership with the Nevada County Environmental Health, Code Enforcement Office and Sheriff’s Office, have restored roughly five acres of public and private lands in western Nevada County to a healthy environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Marqueal Bonds, 22, of Chicago, IL, pleaded guilty to engaging in a nationwide child exploitation enterprise and conspiracy to advertise child pornography. Bonds entered a guilty plea mid-trial before Senior United States District Judge Harvey Bartle, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 49-year-old former charter school teacher has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions for coercion and enticement of a child and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Daniel A. Parkhurst made his initial court appearance today related to a federal charge for abusive sexual contact during a flight from Seattle to Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Feb. 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Fedo Garcia and Riata Cattle Company Inc. (Riata), of Raymondville, Texas...
