News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Michigan man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Gary Jerome Johnson, also known as “Sosa", 29, previously pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Robert J. Bell, DEA Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Division, and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Hanson, 40, Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $350,000 grant to Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, to support the establishment of a workforce development program focused on the forest products industry. This EDA grant will be matched with $87,588 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Settlement with San Antonio Housing Providers for Charging Unlawful Lease Termination Fees to Servicemembers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Front Door Was Blown Off Its Hinges, No One Was Injured.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 16, 2020, Maurice Lackey, age 40, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking and firearms charges. Lackey was also sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment to be served concurrent to his 40-year sentence, for violating the terms of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Port Wentworth man who laundered drug proceeds and helped distribute significant amounts of cocaine for a coastal Georgia drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOAQUIN VERAS, 46, of Stamford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-On Sept. 25, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Norris Davison, age 39, of Burlington, to 188 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term, Davison will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Billy Louviere, 44, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced today. United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau sentenced Louviere to 55 months (4 years, 7 months) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Louviere pled guilty to the charge on January 7, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service and Friends of the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters announce the 2020 Fall Lecture Series, which will take place virtually. This year’s eight-part series examines social change through the lens of historical activism, politics, and the arts. Featured speakers include historians, poets, and artists whose work resonates with the unique history of the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: DECATUR, GA-The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed suspect who robbed the Peach State Federal Credit Union at 2899 North Decatur Road, Decatur, Georgia, on Sept. 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Huntsville man on gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Toby Taylor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - Early this morning, last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Alacia Renee Linville, 25 years-of-age, whose last known address was in Northfield, NH, was located and arrested at a Londonderry Hotel. Ms. Linville was being sought on a couple of outstanding arrest warrants issued by the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will direct more than $33 million in grant funding to California to support efforts to curb domestic violence throughout the state, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California David L. Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bernalillo and Torrance counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Mosca, CO - Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will implement part of Phase 3 of their re-opening plan on Thursday, Oct. 1, to further increase access following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities. The park implemented Phase 1 on Wednesday, June 3, and Phase 2 on Wednesday, June 17. These phases allowed access to.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 24, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Jose Rafael Hidalgo, age 43, a Dominican national, to 70 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its 2019 edition of Crime in the United States, which showed that violent crime decreased nationwide for the third consecutive year. After decreases in both 2017 and 2018, the violent crime rate dropped an additional one percent this past year and the property crime rate decreased 4.5 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 23, 2020, Joseph C. Gonzales, 40, currently of Tazewell, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for participation in a drug dealing conspiracy by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
