News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


Department of Justice Awards Nearly $7 Million in Grant Funding to Assist Nevada Victims of Domestic Violence

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada announced today that the Department of Justice - through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Violence Against Women (OVW), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is awarding nearly $7 million in grant funding ...


Managers, Supervisors, and Human Resource Personnel Indicted  for Immigration Crimes and other Federal Crimes Stemming from  Largest Single-State Worksite Enforcement Action in Nation’s History

News Release: Company Management Charged with Harboring Illegal Aliens, Assisting in Representing False Citizenship and Obtaining False Social Security Cards, Lying to Law Enforcement, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.


News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Boston-based Morton Street Bricks Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.


Asheville Resident Is Sentenced To 14 Years For Transporting Child Pornography

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Mance Lee Ruvolo, 41, of Asheville, to 168 months in prison on transportation of child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Ruvolo was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.


News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that an individual received a 30-month sentence following a conviction for child sexual abuse on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The man, Robert Kapishkowit (age: 26), formerly lived in Neopit, which is a community on the Menominee Indian Reservation.


Release: CHICAGO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected two firearms with ammunition in separate incidents during a two-hour period at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) security checkpoints Wednesday.


Buffalo Woman Charged with Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sharee Bailey, 28, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS MIGUEL ROSARIO-PERALTA, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.


U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announces Operation LeGend in Memphis

News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Operation LeGend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the City of Memphis.


News Release: Jeff Jensen, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, joined the Department of Justice in officially announcing the expansion of Operation Legend to St. Louis. Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the City of St. Louis.


Jamestown Man Going To Prison For More Than 12 Years After Being Convicted Of Selling Meth And A Gun Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Kamholtz, 33, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possessing of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 152 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Apple Fire forces partial closure of the Pacific Crest Trail

News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - A portion of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been temporarily closed due to the Apple Fire currently burning in the Banning Canyon area located in Riverside County.


APHIS Seeks Feedback on List of Animal and Plant Pest and Disease Threats

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking feedback on its proposed list of pests and diseases of concern that are likely to pose a high risk to U.S. agricultural and natural resources.Section 12203 of the 2018 Farm Bill requires pest- and ...


Grassley Statement on Trump Executive Order on Domestic Drug Manufacturing

News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order encouraging domestic manufacturing of drugs and other medical goods critical to public health.


Feds intercept incomplete cross-border subterranean tunnel

News Release: SAN LUIS, Ariz. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel Tuesday after several days excavating the sandy Sonoran desert terrain outside of Yuma, Arizona. The discovery is a result of an ongoing HSI-led multi-agency investigation.


Real Estate Developer Admits to Bribing City Council Member

News Release: A Dallas real estate developer has pleaded guilty to bribery of a Dallas City Council Member, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Frank L. Morrison, of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, was indicted this week on a bank robbery charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that Shepherd Hoehn, 50, has been charged by criminal complaint in federal district court with one count of violating 42 U.S.C. § 3631 for making threats to intimidate and interfere with his African-American neighbor because of the neighbor’s race and because of his use and enjoyment of his property, as well as two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) for unlawfully possessing firearms.


Department Of Justice Awards Nearly $7 Million In Grant Funding To Assist Nevada Victims Of Domestic Violence

News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada Announces Launch of “Project Veronica".


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Taire Chaney, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.