News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Federal, state and local authorities have arrested eight individuals on federal drug trafficking charges, including 41-year-old Texas Syndicate Lieutenant Hilario Nieto who previously received a pardon from President Barack Obama, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that, Travis Toss Shell, age 39, was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office has adjusted the hours of operation for the Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area. The hours of operation will be:.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen Simpson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that GUY SMITH, 62, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota congratulated Tom Vilsack and Marcia Fudge, candidates for the top jobs at the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development respectively, on the announcements of their nominations by President-Elect Joe Biden Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa police officer made an initial appearance today in federal court for conspiring to make a false statement to a firearms dealer when purchasing a firearm.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today released the following statement commemorating International Human Rights Day, the 72nd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging SHADOR TOMMIE CORTEZ JACKSON, 24, VICTOR DEVON EDWARDS, 31, and LEROY LEMONTE PERRY WILLIAMS, 34, each with one count of conspiracy to commit arson of the Target Corporation’s corporate headquarters building located ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will announce proposed changes tomorrow to the way it manages public lands in central Alaska to bolster sustainable economic benefits for local communities while ensuring continued recreational and subsistence access to federal lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Dec. 10, 2020) Yesterday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for failing to protect the rights of landowners whose properties are affected by natural gas projects, and followed up on the investigation and video report the Subcommittee released earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - John William McMahon, 30, of Hampton, was sentenced on Wednesday to 84 months in federal prison for distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Four jewelry importers have agreed to pay more than $860,000 to resolve allegations that they failed to pay customs duties on sterling silver earring imports from China.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Marlboro woman was arrested today for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a San Francisco man, arrested in Lincoln, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Amy Connor, a paralegal assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s Durango Branch Office, Savannah Joe, former victim specialist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and now a Victim Advocate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: 40 Charged in Largest Federal Racketeering Conspiracy in South Carolina History.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Podolak has received the Lifetime Exceptional Service Award from the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, a division of the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jason Wayne Autry, 46, of Holladay, Tennessee, has been federally indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the return of the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Ralph Zavala, 39, of Woodlake, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
