News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Greenup, Kentucky woman, Manjit K. Singh, 49, and her daughter, Harpneet K. Bath, 27, a resident of British Columbia, Canada, were sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, to 18 months and 9 months in prison, respectively, by U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiring to burn down Singh’s convenience store in Greenup, in order to fraudulently obtain insurance proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Palo Alto Battlefield is increasing access to its Resaca de la Palma Battlefield Unit. Major improvement projects at the site were recently completed and passed their final inspection. The public can now enjoy a brand-new trail and an environmentally friendly, refurbished pavilion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Squires, age 35, of Cairo, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to entice a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A vendor for several Veterans Affairs medical facilities pleaded guilty today to a scheme to profit by billing for, but failing to perform, critical medical gas inspections at VA facilities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Yesterday evening, rangers at Mount Rainier National Park recovered the body of Craig Goodwin, 74, of Black Diamond, Washington, from the South Mowich River using the park’s exclusive use helicopter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Beckley man has pled guilty to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Justin J. Monroe, 34, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Rubel, 38, of Kenmore, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with production and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - As fire crews continue to gain the upper hand on the 33,424-acre Apple Fire, incident commanders have determined there is no longer an immediate threat to users of the Pacific Crest Trail. Both the Bureau of Land Management California Desert District and San Bernardino National...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAQUAN LEGGETT, also known as “Tipsy," 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Brian Leroy Watson, Jr., a/k/a “B," a/k/a “Lil B," 48, of Blythewood, was arrested on a federal indictment charging nine counts of human trafficking and attempted human trafficking and three counts of drug-related...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A driver who was stopped on a Kansas highway with 23 pounds of methamphetamine in his car was sentenced today to 164 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Four Corpus Christi men are set to appear in federal court following the return of an indictment in relation to the operation of an illegal gambling business, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAQUAN LEGGETT, also known as “Tipsy," 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Aug. 20, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Randall Lee Comly, age 53, of Stuart, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison following his guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, discharging a firearm in...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today called on the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a federal ethics investigative and prosecutorial watchdog, to ensure ballots cast by mail are fairly delivered in a timely manner by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Cody Davis, 28, has pleaded guilty in federal court to armed carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced today the capture of Brandon Montreal Jones who was wanted for Failure to Appear in Madison County. Jones, who was previously charged with Firearms and Narcotics charges, was found at 543 Hayes St. Jackson, Tennessee this afternoon. Marshals say Jones...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing firearms and with drug trafficking after twice leading officers on high-speed vehicle pursuits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend: Road Rage Shooting, Two High-Speed Pursuits Cited in Court Documents.
