News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 53-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former employee of the City of Rochelle was charged today with fraudulently obtaining at least $150,000 from a non-profit business association.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 21, 2021, Jacob J. Salewski (age: 24) of Sobieski, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment for his distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: College to Repay Funds Awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration After Internal Investigation Found Research Misconduct Committed by Former Employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Tiffany Barragan, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment following her guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as an associate of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced James Lamont Fields to 120 months in prison today. The 23-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined 26 of his Senate colleagues in supporting President Joe Biden’s plan to quickly utilize all available authorities under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to rapidly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Andrew Neil Smith, 33, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Smith to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Smith pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: United States Park Police Acting Chief Gregory T. Monahan tested positive for COVID-19 today. Deputy Chief Pamela A. Smith will serve as the acting chief of police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Jan. 20, 2021, a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging William Cintrón Rivera, a.k.a. “El Kid"/“Kid" with the theft of 54 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry sentenced James Lamont Fields to 120 months in prison today. The 23-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Nathaniel Jerome Steele, 45, of Charlotte, to 10 years in federal prison today, on drug trafficking and gun charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Steele was also ordered to serve six years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Defendant persisted despite cease and desist letter and consent decree from Washington State Attorney General.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Indictment unsealed Jan. 15, 2021. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, a Birmingham man was arrested in the Southern District of Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives, and Firearms (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Sanh Sunni Thampithak, a/k/a “Allysia" or “Ally", 54, of Anchorage, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release for Aiding and Advising False Income Tax Returns, while preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of other individuals. Thampithak pleaded guilty to the charges in September 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - A virtual human trafficking training for Quick Response Teams will be held next week as a part of National Human Trafficking and Slavery Prevention Month, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Brandon Michael Mosing, 36, of Youngsville, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau to 120 months (10 years) in prison. After release from prison, he will be on supervised release for an additional 5 years. Mosing plead guilty on Sept. 2, 2020 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
Release: Giuseppe - thank you for that generous introduction - and thanks to all of you for inviting me to share some thoughts with you about the challenge ahead on the global climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, announced today that John Burgos was sentenced to 21 months in prison and two years of supervised release for possessing a machine gun in violation of federal law. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit the weapon and all interest in the nearly $ 800,000 that was seized on the day of his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2021
News Release: Hernandez conspired to distribute over 4 pounds of meth while possessing multiple guns.
