News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward Davies, 49, and Earl Hamilton, 50, the former executive director and director of operations and finance of the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (“DC Trust"), have been charged with using DC Trust funds to make hundreds of personal purchases, for expenses such as meals, automobile repairs, and personal travel for themselves, their family members, and their friends, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey attorney was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for money laundering as part of a multi-year scheme to embezzle money from his clients, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Francis Rooney (R-FL) the chairs and ranking members of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement condemning the upcoming legislative elections in Venezuela...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: In El Paso today, federal authorities arrested 23-year-old El Paso police officer Monica Garcia for allegedly helping a local drug distributor to further his criminal enterprise, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson, El Paso Division; and El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 13 individuals, including current and former University of Texas (UT) students, charged in connection with trafficking LSD, fentanyl and methamphetamine pills to UT students in Austin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Eric Martin Scott, Jr., 25, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Antoine Coles, age 33, of Baltimore, yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Coles pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Regan, 38, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography and enticement of a minor. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: As part of the Trump Administration’s priority to responsibly develop domestic supplies of critical minerals, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Humboldt River Field Office has released the final environmental impact statement analyzing the Lithium Nevada Corporation’s proposed lithium mine, processing...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is lifting fire restrictions on Dec. 7 for approximately 640,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo and Tulare counties, due to reduced wildland fire conditions. Fire restrictions...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Illinois attorney EDWARD R. VRDOLYAK was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for assisting another lawyer in evading taxes on income received from a multi-billion dollar legal settlement with tobacco companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ramon Armendariz, Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, was indicted on Oct. 15, 2020, and charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
Release: More information about Tanzania is available on the Tanzania Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo man was convicted Dec. 1 for conspiring to transport an illegal alien resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joshua Townsley, age 29, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Sexual Abuse in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1152, 2242(2) and 2246(2)(A), punishable by up to life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that federal, state, and local law enforcement officers charged 16 individuals in federal court for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that operated out of the Midlands region of South Carolina. An additional ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Lake Havasu City, Ariz. - Fire personnel from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Arizona, through late January 2021 as weather conditions allow. The burn area is located seven miles northeast of Parker and one-half mile west of Parker Dam Road near Crossroads, on the California side of the Colorado River.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) applauded the House passage of 12 bills within the Committee’s jurisdiction. Bills passed on the House floor include legislation to protect big cats, reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, and strengthen access to health care for Urban Native Veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dean Picariello, age 30, of Valhalla, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to entice or coerce a child.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corrals to the public and suspended adoption appointments in response to Lassen County Public Health guidance related to the prevention of COVID-19 spread.
