News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Murder and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Aug. 21, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Kansas City, Missouri, men have been charged in federal court for their roles in an armed carjacking Monday night that led to a high-speed chase and a collision that killed another motorist.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Pacific Creek Landing, located just north of the Moran area, will be temporarily closed to all river users and visitors during construction activities this fall and possibly into spring 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that 74 people are facing federal charges for crimes committed adjacent to or under the guise of peaceful demonstrations in Portland since at least May 29, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Charges Allege He Collected $2.7 Million From 100 Investors Across the Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Jamestown, New York and two residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Bethlehem Shah, age 22, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Aug. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bridger, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt issued a proclamation designating James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville, Florida, which was the site of Ax Handle Saturday, to be a part of the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Sergio Martinez, 30, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for leading a continuing criminal enterprise and participating in a money laundering conspiracy based upon his role in operating a Lawrence-based fentanyl trafficking organization. Additionally, Martinez was ordered to forfeit $2,000,000 in cash, as well as three houses in Lawrence.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: Thank you for testifying before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Aug. 21, 2020. During the hearing, you made several commitments to provide documents and information relating to decisions you have made as Postmaster General. We are writing to reiterate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 27, 2020 - Gievanne Courtlyn Ashley, 21, of Nashville, was charged Tuesday with two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - Denery Steven Lemus-Najarro, 21, is in federal custody following his Aug. 18, arrest by the New York Police Department. The unlawfully present Guatemalan citizen was charged due to his involvement in a gang-related shooting in Queens, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has charged Marek Majtan, age 35, of Frederick, Maryland with committing a scheme to defraud to sell unregistered and misbranded pesticides. Majtan has been charged via criminal complaint with the following federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - William John Clark, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - David Gollahon, age 58, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of armed bank robbery and brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FERNANDO TOLENTINO, Jr., also known as “Humacao," 50, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced defendant James Antuan Blackman, 33, of Mobile, Alabama, to imprisonment for one year and one day for theft concerning programs receiving federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - Joseph Stahura, age 64, of Whiting, Indiana, was charged with wire fraud and filing a false income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. He has entered into a plea agreement indicating his intent to plead guilty to both charges. His wife, Diane Stahura, age 64, also of Whiting, Indiana entered into a deferred prosecution agreement wherein she acknowledges that the Government has sufficient evidence to charge her with wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2020
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- An adult female bobcat and a subadult male mountain lion have both died directly from the effects of anticoagulant rat poisons (or anticoagulant rodenticides, also known as ARs), in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains north of the Santa Monica Mountains this year, according to National Park Service biologists. Photos here.
