News from August 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Benjamin A. Overholt, Ph.D., is joining the U.S. Census Bureau today as the Deputy Director for Data. In this role, he will support the Census Bureau in ensuring the 2020 Census data products are of the highest quality. He is experienced in data management, data analysis and decision support.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has indicted four individuals in the Cleveland area on charges of felon in possession of a firearm. These are separate cases and are not related.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Florence, Kentucky, man, Jeffery Pollard Jr., 26, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard S. Dean, 44, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing 500 grams of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a fine of $10,000,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on the Democrats’ conspiracy theory regarding the United States Postal Service...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman and Members of the Postal Service Board of Governors...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Fugitive Member of the Hollywood Clique of MS-13 Was Located and Apprehended By the El Salvador Transnational Anti-Gang Unit in Coordination with the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman has pled guilty to drug and gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elizabeth Leighton Mullins, 46, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: We write to seek answers about changes to the U.S. Postal Service under your leadership that are adversely affecting mail delivery for Americans across the country. We call on you to testify before Congress about these changes and their impact on every person in our nation. The Postal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Edward Shontel Beattie, age 47, of Los Angeles, California was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons is pleased to announce that Constance Larson, Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Sioux Falls Office, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the USD Women in Law Attorney of the Year Award. She was honored at an event in Sioux Falls on Aug. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Defendant Lied to ATF Agents during Investigation of Drug Dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jose Alfredo Molina-Guerrero, 28, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 76 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin from California to Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Neill of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed aggravated felon, David Neri-Dominguez, 38, an unlawfully present Mexican man wanted for aggravated assault of a child in his home country of Mexico, Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia today announced the successful disruption of a multimillion dollar fuel shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated foreign terrorist organization that was bound for Venezuela. These actions represent the government’s largest-ever seizure of fuel shipments from Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Paola Bedoy, 65, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for eight counts of preparing fraudulent tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Three Individuals Charged with Arranging Adoptions from Uganda and Poland Through Bribery and Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Yesterday at 3:41 PM PDT (Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020), a temperature of 130°F was recorded at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park. If verified, this will be the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in nearly a century.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Ricardo Glenn was convicted of conspiring to distribute fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LISA REID, 47, of Amityville, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for victimizing dozens of individuals in an identity theft and credit card fraud scheme.
