News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on December 7, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Russian national Thursday, wanted in his home country for attempted murder, who was also convicted in the U.S. for his role in a $4.5 million wire fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Jesmarilys Montesinos (22, Orlando) to one year in federal prison for making false statements relating to firearms purchases. On October 8, 2020, her co-defendant, Steven Usma (22, Orlando), was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for aiding and abetting the making of false statements relating to firearms purchases. Both had pleaded guilty earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Arkansas Project Manager Sentenced in Connection with COVID-Relief Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Come experience an extinct cinder cone volcano! Capulin Volcano National Monument will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021. These fee-free days are designated to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks for the benefit and enjoyment of everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Edward Fisher, 57, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also imposed a term of three years of supervised release to follow Fisher’s prison sentence. Fisher pleaded guilty to the charges on Sept. 3, 2020.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on yesterday’s fraudulent congressional elections in Venezuela:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man faces a minimum of 87 years in prison if convicted of a series of armed robberies of convenience stores in which a co-defendant has pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Fairhaven, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court for distributing a fatal dose of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in who suffered losses caused by recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brian J. Booth, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was arrested today and charged via criminal complaint with mail fraud for a scheme to use information stolen from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an attempt to extort foreign officials and obtain payment for the information.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenyatta Banks, Jr., of Canal Winchester, Ohio was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded.380 caliber handgun with 8 bullets onto an airplane at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) Saturday, Dec. 5.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: Department of State. Public Notice. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: DRL FY20 Burma Democracy and Human Rights Programs. I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Ismael Ochoa, age 34, to 90 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, and unlawful travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Hakim Wilburn, age 50, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 198 months’ imprisonment on Dec. 3, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than a 1,000 grams of heroin and other drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Christopher M.K. Dumas, 29, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 81 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for his participation in five armed robberies in Shreveport and one in Marshall, Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Michael Tom Lindsey (Lindsey) of Bernice, La., on Nov. 24, 2020, for violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Criminals Used Ill-Gotten Proceeds to Purchase SUVs, Off-Road Vehicles, and Jet Skis; Co-Conspirator Faces Additional Charges.
