News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Eric Coleman was a leader of the Rolling 60s Crips who recruited minors to participate in the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: The FBI and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individual responsible for a string of armed commercial robberies in Kansas City, Missouri. A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual responsible for these robberies that occurred at Kansas City-area Boost Mobile stores in July and August 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - In preparation for Tropical Storms Marco and Laura, Big Thicket National Preserve will temporarily suspend the issuance of all permits, including backcountry camping, trapping, and special use permits. Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Big Thicket National Preserve is currently operating under modified procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Matthew John Cobb, 35, of Castleberry, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Cobb pleaded guilty to the charge in April of 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 24, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Lumberton man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Given, Jr., of Lost Creek, West Virginia, was sentenced last week to six months incarceration for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Keenan Gibson, 41, of Wilmington, was sentenced last week to more than 9 years in prison after a jury convicted Gibson of gun and drug charges in June 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2020 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the upcoming launch of an updated Public Search Tool that provides access to Animal Welfare Act (AWA) compliance records. The Public Search Tool offers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Florida man pled guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Thomas Drew Bess, 39, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Long-time employee concealed her thefts for over six years by manipulating financial records.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Singletary, a/k/a Freeze, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to obstructing an official proceeding. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Aug. 14, 2020, by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been arrested on a federal criminal charge for allegedly robbing a United Parcel Service delivery truck in Oak Park last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a six-count indictment charging Anthony Sharp, age 30, of South Euclid, Ohio, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, money laundering and theft of mail.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $150,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The former executive director of the Camden County Public Service Authority is going to federal prison for misappropriating funds intended for payment of employees’ federal payroll taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jacob Quinlan Navarrette, age 28, of Eufaula, Oklahoma was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment, 10 years of supervised release, and pay $3,000.00 in restitution for Possession Of Certain Material...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Made images of molestation of neighbor child under the age of 12.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: PHOENIX, Arizona - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport detected two loaded firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in one day, during X-ray screening of traveler belongings at the security checkpoints.
