News from August 2020
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: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Defendant is one of 36 convicted as part of an international Thai sex trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Clayhole, Ky., man, Phillip Lovins, 61, was sentenced in federal court on Friday, to 180 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, after previously pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute Methadone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Indian National appearing today before a U.S. District Court Judge in Providence, RI, admitted to participating in a “Tech Support" telemarketing scam based in India, in which call center operators falsely represented themselves to be associated with Microsoft Corporation, falsely represented to victims that malware or viruses had been detected on their computers, and offered supposed services to remove the malware.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA - A private security employee at an Orange County retirement community was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging he pretended to be a federal law enforcement agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Kiandrew McFan, 23, of Shreveport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for Illegal Possession of Stolen Explosives Material. McFan was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. McFan pled guilty to the charge in United States District Court on Sept. 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 19-year-old resident of Harlingen made an appearance in federal court today and admitted he was responsible for threatening to destroy the Federal Reserve, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Martinez, CA - In celebration of the centennial of the 19th amendment, Women’s right to vote, the National Park Service is lighting up the Strentzel/Muir House with the colors of purple and gold on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 starting at 7:00 PM. Purple, white and gold were the colors of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Purple symbolized loyalty, white purity, and gold hope.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to seven years for an attempted robbery in which he and a juvenile armed with a gun tried to rob a liquor store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former controller for a Burbank-based commercial printing company was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for embezzling $2.8 million from his employer and failing to report the stolen funds as income to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former controller for a Burbank-based commercial printing company was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for embezzling $2.8 million from his employer and failing to report the stolen funds as income to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Roberto Garza-Mendez, Shadarrian Grimes, Euklides Gonzalez-Hernandez, and Johnathan Pena have been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Garza-Mendez and Grimes confessed to having trafficked 200 kilograms of cocaine together during a ten-year span.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Melrose man has been indicted in connection with his role in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 19-year-old resident of Harlingen made an appearance in federal court today and admitted he was responsible for threatening to destroy the Federal Reserve, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Dalyn Jamil Culp, age 18, from Waterloo, Iowa, has been charged with theft of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer and possession of a firearm by a drug user. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on Aug. 18, 2020, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Philadelphia Return Preparer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that on Aug. 20, 2020, LEVI HERMAN (HERMAN), age 33, was sentenced by Judge Carl Barbier to (37) thirty-seven months on a one-count Indictment for bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). Additionally, HERMAN was ordered to pay $1,900 in restitution, serve (2) years of supervised release and pay a 100.00 special assessment fee.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet virtually at 1 - 3 pm on Monday Sept. 14, 2020. While we hope to return to in-person meetings as soon as possible we are continuing to follow state public health guidelines. The current limitations on indoor gatherings is set at no more than 50 people at a time. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comments.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $46 million to improve critical community facilities to benefit 363,000 rural residents (PDF, 169 KB) in 16 states.
