News published on Federal Newswire in March 2020

News from March 2020


News Release: Defendant Conspired to Avoid Paying Millions of Dollars in Court-Ordered Restitution.


Ten Previously Deported Aliens Charged With Illegal Reentry

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that ten previously deported aliens were indicted separately on March 4, 2020, by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States. These matters arose in counties throughout the District including Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Northumberland, and York Counties.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on March 5, 2020, a federal jury in New Haven found VASHUN LEWIS, also known as “V-Love," 44, of New Haven, guilty of firearm possession offenses.


News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an eight-count indictment.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an eight-count indictment.


New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and 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 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.


Jackson Man Pleads Guilty under Project EJECT to Illegally Possessing a Gun

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.


News Release: MISSOULA-An Anaconda man who admitted making a bomb was sentenced today to four years in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


Savannah armed robber gets maximum sentence for heist in which worker was shot, wounded

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.


Brewer Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Brewer man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to being a felon in possession of two firearms, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.


FAA Proposes $19.68 Million Civil Penalty Against The Boeing Co.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $19.68 million civil penalty against The Boeing Co. for allegedly installing equipment on hundreds of the company’s 737 aircraft containing sensors that were not approved for that equipment.


FBI San Juan Provides Training at Police of Puerto Rico Academy

News Release: FBI San Juan Provides Training at Police of Puerto Rico Academy.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A construction company owner has admitted guilt in connection to his participation in a financial fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Retired Administrative Law Judge Admits Buying an AR-15 Style Rifle for a Convicted Felon

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A construction company owner has admitted guilt in connection to his participation in a financial fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Communications and Technology Subcommittee to Markup  C-Band, Public Safety and Media Diversity Legislation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup of 11 bills on Tuesday, March 10, at 10 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


Marietta doctor convicted of illegally distributing opioid pain meds, health care fraud

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal jury has convicted a Southeast Ohio doctor of illegally prescribing controlled substances and defrauding health care programs.


Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a sixteen-count indictment against a former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS") and a former subordinate for their alleged theft of proprietary software and confidential databases from the United States government as part of a scheme to defraud the United States government.


RESULTS OF VERDE RIVER SAMPLING REVEALS LOW LEVELS OF BACTERIUM

News Release: National Park Service hydrologists recently completed quarterly water sampling in the Verde River within Tuzigoot National Monument and detected low levels of an unknown bacterium. Sampling occurred shortly after a high flow event in late January and the detection is likely related to that event.