News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Victim was 15 at time of offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Johnson, 32, Gays Mills, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 78 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Sean Donald Premock, 47, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond for numerous fraud offenses. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $797,021 in proceeds and pay $1,061,532 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: FBI El Paso Warns of Increase in Phone Calls That Spoof FBI Phone Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging DYLAN SHAKESPEARE ROBINSON, 22, DAVON DE-ANDRE TURNER, 24, BYRCE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 26, and BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, with one count each of conspiracy to commit arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was charged by criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking more than $414,000 in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Luke Vuittonet, 19, of Pittsford, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to production of child pornography. The charge carries carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, and a $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to 94 months in federal prison for dealing drugs, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: From on or about Nov. 25, 2018, and continuing until on or about April 23, 2019, MOSES STRICKLAND, JR., ANTHONY HOLEYFIELD and ANTWON HOLEYFIELD (and others known and unknown to authorities) conspired to steal, receive, possess, conceal, store, barter, sell, and traffic as many as 15 stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Anderson had three prior felony convictions when he was caught in possession of a loaded gun and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANNY CASTILLO, 28, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 128 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other drugs, and possessing a short-barrel shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER OLIVEIRA, 32, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who has a record of criminal convictions including voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery was sentenced today to 64 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Steven McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest yesterday in the Supreme Judicial Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to help ensure that uniformed service members serving their country away from home, their family members absent with them and American citizens living overseas...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who has a record of criminal convictions including voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery was sentenced today to 64 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Steven McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay August 9 through Aug. 15, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A serial bank robber who went on a crime spree within weeks after being released from a federal prison was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bank robbery, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy Crinkey, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to having child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: An employee of the State of Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency and a Detroit Woman were charged in a criminal complaint for their alleged role in a $1.8 million unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
