News from August 2020
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: Jackson, TN - Daniel Nunez, 31, of Union City, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 248 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service invites public review and comment on a General Management Plan Amendment Environmental Assessment (GMPA/EA) for Wright Brothers National Memorial. The GMPA reviews existing strategies in the park’s General Management Plan (issued in 1997) and develops updated long-term strategies to improve the visitor experience, maintain the commemorative landscape and provide new administrative and visitor facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeffery Parsons, 44, of Dillon, Montana, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to one year in prison for conspiring to accept illegal gratuities on account of official actions and conspiring to sell government property without authority. Judge Mueller also ordered Parsons to forfeit to the United States over $230,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A former inmate of the United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday for his role in introducing heroin and buprenorphine into the prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Tanoo Senethavilay, 37, of Las Vegas, Nevada was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda Du to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl - a powerful synthetic opioid - in Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Gerald Ryan Davis, 37, of St. Helens, Oregon, was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release for travelling across state lines to repeatedly sexually assault a 14-year-old victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Richard J. Potter, Jr., age 55, of Springport, New York, was arrested today on charges of receipt of child pornography and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park officials are pleased to announce the Boy Scouts of America (BAS) Troop 47 of Franklin, KY are the recipients of Interior Region 2 (South Atlantic-Gulf) of the National Park Service’s (NPS) George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. The troop was nominated and won under the youth group category for their work in improving the Sal Hollow backcountry campsite.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Cuyahoga Valley National Park volunteer Mike Schnellinger wins national award.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. -The future of cybersecurity was brought to reality at the Savannah River Site (SRS) with a hardware upgrade that replaced 800 computer network switches in dozens of buildings across the site and the installation of new, cutting-edge security software. The multi-year project was completed nearly a year ahead of schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: FBI Offers $25,000 Reward for Information on Serial Armed Robbers Targeting Pennsylvania, Maryland Pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DEEPAK “JACK" JAGTIANI, age 60, a resident of Metairie, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey. JAGTIANI admitted his guilt to both counts of the indictment that was filed against him in December 2019, which charged him with wire fraud and making false statements on a federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEY FULLER, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for violating the conditions of his federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Assistant United States Attorney John Gaupp announced his retirement after more than 36 years of service with the Department of Justice. In 1994, Mr. Gaupp was named as the first Chief of the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Louisiana, and currently serves in that capacity. In addition to serving as the division chief for more than thirteen years, he has also served as the office’s Senior Litigation Counsel and Ethics Advisor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Gerald Ryan Davis, 37, of St. Helens, Oregon, was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release for travelling across state lines to repeatedly sexually assault a 14-year-old victim.
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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMEL GENERAL, also known as “Ra," 38, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: A Russian national made his initial appearance in federal court Monday for his role in a conspiracy to recruit an employee of a company to introduce malicious software into the company’s computer network, extract data from the network, and extort ransom money from the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Before Attempting to Flee the United States, Defendant Allegedly Plotted with Co-Conspirators to Pay $1 Million to Company Employee to Surreptitiously Insert Malware.
