News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A registered sex offender previously convicted in Rhode Island state court for indecent solicitation of a child was arraigned today on new federal charges of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct, and possessing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Murphy was a convicted felon, a drug user, and had a misdemeanor conviction for domestic abuse when found in possession of an AR-15-style rifle and another gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: A convicted felon who illegally possessed a gun during a brief standoff with police was sentenced Aug. 21, 2020, to 20 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Massachusetts Absentee Voting Rights Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: A Gilmore City, Iowa man who owned and operated a tax return preparation business was sentenced Aug. 25, 2020 to more than 1 year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Elias Bencomo-Morales, 42, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on Friday, Aug. 21, and has been charged federally with carjacking for allegedly using a gun to force a woman and her two minor children out of their vehicle in a Taco Bell drive-thru lane. At a hearing today, the Court ordered that he will remain detained for trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Englewood Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Explosive materials pose a threat whether they are used by domestic bad actors or in a theater of war and staying ahead of our adversaries is a job that the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense share. Our research and development work is no different.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Elias Bencomo-Morales, 42, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on Friday, Aug. 21, and has been charged federally with carjacking for allegedly using a gun to force a woman and her two minor children out of their vehicle in a Taco Bell drive-thru lane. At a hearing today, the Court ordered that he will remain detained for trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that 33 individuals, including inmates at eight state and county jails and prisons in western Pennsylvania and their accomplices, have been charged in federal and state criminal complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Terrance Rainey, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery by use of a dangerous weapon, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The defendant was also ordered to pay $30,208.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment charging Justin Terwilliger, 40, of North Hornell, NY, with filing false tax returns. The charges carry a maximum penalty of three years in prison, and a $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today filed a criminal information charging a longtime Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist and close associate of City Councilman Jose Huizar with participating in a bribery scheme in which he brokered deals where a developer client agreed to make $50,000 in political donations in exchange for Huizar’s official actions for the developer’s benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Russian National Arrested for Conspiracy to Introduce Malware into a Nevada Company's Computer Network.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Thompson Brandished Semi-automatic rifle during the robberies; Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found in the defendant’s vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Barbara County man was charged today with fatally shooting a northern elephant seal on a beach near San Simeon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (Teva) has been charged with conspiring to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ashburn man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet their basic expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A chiropractor was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for conspiring to defraud a labor union’s health care benefit plan by offering kickbacks to patients for attending the clinic and by submitting approximately $4.8 million in sham billings.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will close the Williamsburg Tunnel on the Colonial Parkway from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 for a lighting assessment. Detours will provide a thru route in both directions during the brief closure.
