News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DYLAN MATTHEW DELING, a/k/a “Jason Keens," a/k/a “Dylan Nash," 21, to 420 months in prison for producing child pornography and extortion. DELING, who pleaded guilty on July 18, 2019, was sentenced today before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Three women were charged in a 13-count indictment filed on Aug. 14 in the Northern District of Ohio for their alleged roles in schemes to corruptly and fraudulently procure adoptions of Ugandan and Polish children through bribing Ugandan officials and defrauding U.S. adoptive parents, U.S. authorities, and a Polish regulatory authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 87 months of imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: * The parkwide wildland fire danger for Yellowstone National Park is now VERY HIGH.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Diverted More than $84,500 in Student Loan Payments.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed a Record of Decision approving the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. The leasing program is required by law in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-97)...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a scheduled teleconference negotiation session with the El Dorado Irrigation District contractor for a water service contract conversion.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Typically, this time of year our team would be boarding flights bound for conference halls across the country. This year our reality is a virtual one where we are connecting with so many of you from home. It’s a little different but no less exciting or important to engage with you on all the great work that we are doing to push the homeland security mission forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Arthur Gurbey, age 48, of Green Island, New York, pled guilty on August 12 to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - With a shared commitment to managing for healthy rangelands, the Bureau of Land Management will partner with Fremont County Weed and Pest for a fourth season of aerial weed treatments in the Government Draw area east of Lander. Treatments may occur from August 22 through September 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Three women were charged in a 13-count indictment filed on Aug. 14 in the Northern District of Ohio for their alleged roles in schemes to corruptly and fraudulently procure adoptions of Ugandan and Polish children through bribing Ugandan officials and defrauding U.S. adoptive parents, U.S. authorities, and a Polish regulatory authority.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
Release: DALLAS, Texas - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Dallas Love field Airport (DAL) detected three firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in one day, during X-ray screening of traveler belongings at the security checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Mark Toney, 41, of Schererville, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 87 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that James Hardcastle, 42, of Bensalem, PA, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, 20 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $75,000 in fines by United States District Judge Gerald J. Pappert for multiple child exploitation offenses stemming from his conduct at an over-night basketball tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey and at his home in Bensalem.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Justin Herdman announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a three-count indictment charging Skyler Herring, age 27, of Youngstown with bribery and providing cell phones and tobacco to inmates at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NEOCC) while employed as a Correctional Officer.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the appointment of Benjamin A. Overholt to a newly created political position, Deputy Director for Data, at the U.S. Census Bureau...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: Numerous fires were started within Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest on Sunday evening following abundant lightning strikes with minimal precipitation and high fire danger conditions. The National Park Service and USDA Forest Service are coordinating efforts with state and local partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a 10-count indictment charging Terron Jones, 21, of Youngstown with five counts of interference with commerce by means of robbery, four counts of using or carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and one count of using or carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the two men who robbed an armored car this morning, Aug. 17, 2020. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Guy Coleston McDonald, age 32, of Park Hill, Oklahoma was sentenced to 292 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States ...
