News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Has three prior felony and three domestic abuse convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Kenneth Saunders, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to over six years in prison (80 months), and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge John M. Younge for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. Saunders was also on Pennsylvania state parole at the time of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man today admitted buying and reselling high-dosage oxycodone pills in Gloucester City, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Point Reyes Station, California. - In light of the current drought conditions across the region National Park Service staff at Point Reyes National Seashore are monitoring the water availability for the tule elk in the Tomales Point Reserve. The park has a plan in place if the animals need water.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotic and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to four EDA Economic Development District organizations across Nebraska to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Leonardo Dan Almonte-Fernandez, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with one count of malicious damage of a building by means of fire affecting interstate commerce, one count of the use of fire to commit another felony, and three counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ADAM LEE REITZ, 30, to 324 months in prison for producing child pornography. REITZ, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019, was sentenced earlier today before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota. REITZ’s co-defendant SHAHLA MARIE THOMPSON, 28, pleaded guilty on July 13, 2020, to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old man has made an appearance in federal court and ordered detained on charges relating to sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury today indicted an Orange County man for allegedly selling pound quantities of methamphetamine while he was on supervised release following a 2009 terrorism conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darrell Chapman, also known as “Bishop" and “Sly Foxx," age 40, was sentenced today to 198 months in prison for narcotics and gun offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Akron man was sentenced to prison today for a federal drug offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sharief Rayshaun El-Amin, 25, was sentenced to 36 months in prison on a conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, El-Amin will serve five years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: New York, New York - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Hamilton Grange National Memorial (NM) is increasing access to park grounds. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Liberty County man who brought kilos of methamphetamine to the community for redistribution has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., today offered a bill to protect seniors across the country by reauthorizing and funding the Elder Justice Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN-The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown female who impersonated an account holder at an area bank in middle Tennessee. Between August 5 and August 7, 2020, the unknown female used the account holder’s stolen identification to cash stolen checks from another bank to receive cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Clayton Bertucci, age 32, of Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender. This is the statutory maximum possible punishment that Bertucci could have received. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon his release from prison, Bertucci will serve 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Malone, 44, of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud connected to a scheme to defraud and obtain education funds from the State of Missouri relative to the operation of the St. Louis College Prep Charter School from 2011 through 2018. Malone appeared today before U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig, who accepted his plea and set sentencing for Nov. 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A McKeesport, Pennsylvania, resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of robbery under the federal Hobbs Act statute, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
