News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man pleaded guilty today in federal court to importing methamphetamine into the United States from Canada, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL CEBALLO-CRUZ, 31, of Willimantic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Xiao Liu, 27, a resident of Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, and importation of marijuana into the United States. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - An unlawfully present Salvadoran national wanted by law enforcement authorities in El Salvador on gang participation charges was arrested by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Jan. 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed defendants’ convictions for lying to the Federal Reserve, the SEC, and the public about millions of dollars in past-due loans. In a matter of first impression, the Court held that the government was required to establish that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Bismarck - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that Robert James Zeller, Age 41 of Carson, ND, has been sentenced to federal prison for Possession of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Impersonating a Federal Officer. Zeller pled guilty to the offenses on Oct. 19, 2020...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an 11-count superseding indictment charging David Chappell Fey (56, Belleview) and Shari Lynn Gunter (57, Ocklawaha) with the murder of a government witness and conspiracy to murder a government witness. Fey and Gunter...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Edreece Nance, 47, Superior, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 78 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: EAGLE PASS, Texas - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) distributed $164,577.44 in funds forfeited from bulk cash seized to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Jan. 12, as part of a federal asset sharing program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Ryder Winegar, 33, of Amherst, was arrested on a federal complaint charging him with threating members of Congress, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Brian Roy Lozito (51, Orange Park) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 12 counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Lozito faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count and payment of restitution to the victims he defrauded. Lozito was arraigned on the charges on Jan. 11, 2021. His trial is set for March 1, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Hays man who admitted to drinking and driving a vehicle when it crashed and killed a passenger in 2019 on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation pleaded guilty today to charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE - A 22-year-old Mount Vernon, Washington, woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Rosaliana Lopez-Rodriguez sold counterfeit oxycodone pills tainted with fentanyl in Skagit and Whatcom Counties. The pills are connected to at least two...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Lies Resulted in the Bank Losing Over $320,000, which Must be Paid Back.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Medford, ORE. - More than $3.1 million is available for natural resource projects across western Oregon, and the Bureau of Land Management is seeking proposals that provide community-based solutions to pressing public lands challenges, such as wildland fire prevention, trash clean-up, watershed restoration, road maintenance, or control of noxious weeds.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Since 2017, four of the world’s biggest maritime shipping companies have been impacted by cyber-attacks, the most recent being French shipping giant CGA CMA Group, increasing the need for heavier cybersecurity measures for ships, ports, terminals, and offshore facilities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: The IACC (www.iacc.org) is a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit organization representing the interests of companies concerned with trademark counterfeiting and intellectual property theft. The IACC membership include many of the world’s best-known brands across all product sectors. The IACC has played...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain issued the following statement regarding the opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 12, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Christopher J. Kone (age: 36) of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: St. Marys, GA- Site preparation has begun for the Stafford Plantation Prescribed Fire, scheduled for Spring of 2021. Mechanical preparation work will continue intermittently until the burn is carried out, including.
