News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Shot Two Victims while on Electronic Monitoring for State Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man was sentenced in Pierre federal court on Aug. 17, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted a joint sex trafficking operation during the 2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The operation began on August 7, 2020, and continued through Aug. 13, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY -. Employee Surveillance Testing. In partnership with the states of Montana and Wyoming and surrounding counties, Yellowstone National Park has conducted nearly 1,400 employee (asymptomatic) surveillance tests since early June (346 tests in the past three weeks) on front-line...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal child exploitation laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was indicted today on charges of filing false tax returns, statements, and other documents; failing to file a tax return; wire fraud; and student aid fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: On Monday Aug. 17, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Dive Team (PCSDT) recovered a 23-year-old male from an unnamed lake below Emmons Glacier near White River Campground in Mount Rainier National Park. Using sonar and divers to execute a search, PCSDT located the victim on their second day of searching.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Marqueal Bonds, 22, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III, for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. Bonds was also ordered to pay a total of $33,221 in restitution to various victims.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine’s annual Defenders’ Day event will be virtual this year. The public is encouraged to join the Fort for a series of online programs hosted on the park’s Facebook page on September 12 and 13.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.5 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to four EDA Economic Development District organizations across Colorado to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Timothy Stanley Wilkins, 41, of Bethlehem, PA was arrested last night in Miami, Florida. Wilkins was a fugitive from justice on federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses. After being charged, Wilkins fled the country and was apprehended by federal agents at Miami International Airport, while attempting to re-enter the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: The FBI Announces the Federal Arrest of Michael Zacharias.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that James Albert Mayo, III, 39, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote sentenced Mayo to 51 months, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty today to armed robberies at two Topeka businesses, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By State Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ricky Smith, 23, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking. Smith appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Nov. 19, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Amanda Ragan recently concluded her Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Manhattan Project NHP. Amanda is the Choral Director at Oak Ridge High School, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She worked as Manhattan Project’s TRT, where her main focus was to create a new educational resource for middle school...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARL MANCINI, 43, of Wolcott, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with and stealing infusion narcotics while he was employed as a pharmacist for a Connecticut company.
