News from August 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: As it has become more obvious that your oversight of the postal service is severely distressing the domestic mail system, we urge you to consider the impact of your recent changes to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy and operations on the 1.3 million servicemembers and their...
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: (Calumet, MI) To commemorate the centennial of the 19th amendment, which prohibited states from denying the vote on the basis of sex, and recognize centuries of under recognized sacrifices and contributions to the U.S. made by women, including Black women, Indigenous women and all women of color, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling man was arrested today on charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and for inducing aliens to come to the United States using fraudulently obtained H-1B visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Eleno Fernandez-Garcia, 36, a native and citizen of Mexico, charging him with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and damaging public lands and natural resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court charging Joseph Sullivan with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony in connection with the attempted cover-up of the 2016 hack of Uber Technologies Incorporated, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. Additional facts regarding the investigation and charges can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A convicted felon from North Carolina, who was pulled over for driving erratically in Carroll County, Virginia and found to be illegally in possession of a firearm, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to 96 months in federal prison. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Donald Blaine Ashby, 39, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David P. Pekoske announced the members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC), which includes the appointment of four new members, the reappointment of 15 members, and the full list of other committee members serving their term.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - David Stephen Bangs II, 34, of Henderson, Nevada, was sentenced yesterday to six months in federal prison to be followed by one year of supervised release for stealing mail while employed as a contract mail carrier by the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge John D. Masters, Western Area Field Office, USPS Office of the Inspector General.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today responded to recent reporting that the Department of State has instructed personnel around the world to round up more records in support of the Senate Republican-led smear campaign against former Vice President...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 17 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and aiding and abetting in the possession with intent to distribute crack (cocaine base), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Spokane, WA - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has increased fire restrictions on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The fire restrictions order has been modified to prohibit discharging a firearm, except while engaged in...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Bosnia-Herzegovina national with a conviction for intent to distribute a controlled substance and a Mexican citizen charged with burglary, sexual battery and attempted rape are two of the most egregious cases of detainers placed in July by local law enforcement officials with delegated...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Astoria, OR - Lewis and Clark National Historical Park will hold a virtual public meeting on Aug. 26, 2020 at 2 pm to present the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Draft Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. As part of the planning process, the National Park Service is seeking public comment on the draft plan. Your participation is important to our planning process.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an eight-count indictment against legislator Nelson Del Valle Colon (Del Valle), a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, as well as two of his employees, Nickolle Santos-Estrada (Santos) and her mother Mildred Estrada-Rojas (Estrada), for their alleged participation in a multi-year theft, bribery, and kickback conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - An illegal alien from Honduras with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison Monday in Montgomery County (Texas).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors have unsealed a superseding indictment charging a dozen defendants in an illegal scheme to buy millions of dollars’ worth of electronics from a national retailer by using fraudulently acquired discounts and employee identification numbers, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PENNY JOHNSON, age 52, a former resident of Avondale, Louisiana, who now lives in Mississippi, pleaded guilty on Aug. 19, 2020 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud before United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Sarah S. Vance.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Organic Harvest violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award totaling $12,089 in favor of a Florida seller. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
