News from December 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
Release: POCATELLO, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that Kimberlee Green, a TSA officer (TSO) at Pocatello Regional Airport, has been selected as national TSO of the Year. This award recognizes integrity and professionalism as well as contributions made by the TSO to the overall efficiency of the security operations as well as their commitment to TSA and its partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ausencio Alvarez Cortez, 41, of Stockton, and Angel Ismael Ramirez, 30, of Los Angeles, charging them jointly with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and charging Cortez separately with distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and 2 years supervised release for his possession of an assault rifle, handgun, ballistic vest, and eight magazines of ammunition after leaving the Robert E. Lee Monument during civil unrest here on June 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has returned a 35-count indictment alleging that a Fashion District outfit was at the center of two schemes, one that avoided the payment of more than $10 million in customs duties on imported clothing, and a second “Black Market Peso Exchange" scheme in which the company laundered narcotics proceeds and failed to report on tax returns over $17 million derived from cash transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Donnie Ray King, 41, of Whiteville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Tewksbury man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a Sept. 22, 2020 bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On December 8, 2020, John Edward Miller, age 39, of Cedar Rapids, appeared in federal court before United States Northern District of Iowa Magistrate Judge Mark A. Roberts on a Complaint charging him with influencing, impeding or retaliating against a federal official by threatening...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antasia Babcock, 27, and Celeste Carr, 34, both of Jamestown, NY, were charged in separate criminal complaints with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a premises for drug use and distribution. Defendant Carr is also charged with possessing with intent to distribute heroin. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Federal Jury Convicts Illinois Man for Bombing the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 8, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Martin W. Penass, a/k/a “Aptickasic Hawpetoss" (age: 42), of Keshena, for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). If convicted, Penass faces a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, up to three years on supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine, and a $100 Special Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Richard Lee King, age 60, of Chouteau, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to three counts of Distribution of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, in violation of Title 18...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct several small prescribed fires (controlled burns) in the Tupelo area during the month of December 2020. All fires will be small scale and limited to mid-day burning to help mitigate any potential smoke impacts.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Sandy Springs, GA and Kennesaw, GA - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Chattahoochee River NRA), Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy (CNPC), and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Kennesaw Mountain NBP) are teaming up to reduce dog waste in two of metro Atlanta’s national park...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Announces Additional Distribution of more than $488 Million to Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Two people pleaded guilty in federal court today to unlawfully excavating and damaging archaeological resources in Buffalo National River, a National Park under the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, announced Western District of Arkansas First Assistant U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Guyanese national Thursday, following his conviction and sentencing in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) for his role in a mid-2000s plot to attack a New York international airport.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
Release: Awards Will Team Physical Scientists with Experts in Advanced Computing
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: Three Family Members Arrested for Misrepresenting Employee Payroll Figures to Receive COVID-19 Loan Funds for Chain of Family-Owned Nail Salons in New York Metropolitan Area and Other Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man pleaded guilty to attempting to launder money to Colombia and cocaine possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that an Indictment was unsealed today charging four defendants with the murder of Philadelphia Police Corporal James “Jimmy" O’Connor, posthumously promoted to Sergeant, and related drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The defendants ...
