News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A previously convicted felon will make his initial court appearance today on charges of illegal possession of a handgun and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Little River Canyon National Preserve is excited to announce that free Ranger-led hikes and programs will be offered on Fridays and Saturdays this December. Park rangers will present programs at 10am and 2pm CST on scheduled days that talk about the natural and cultural resources of Little River Canyon National Preserve.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Finland is available on the Finland Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the upcoming House vote on the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to child pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging MICHAEL WEINSTEIN, 27, of New Haven, with unlawful possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A former employee of the IRS working in Fresno was sentenced today to six years in prison for a scheme to receive tax refunds by filing false tax returns using the stolen identities of at-risk youths, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas Aggressively Seeks Out International Fraudsters Who Victimize Americans, and Their Money Mule Enablers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Extraordinary Overtime Hours for LIRR and NYC Transit Employees Fueled by Fraudulent Claims; Defendants Were Being Paid While at Home, on Family Vacations or Bowling.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s hearing emphasizing the facts behind the 2020 Census count and questioned the Democrat Majority as to the reason for yet another census hearing without inviting any Census Bureau witnesses. Given the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Clay Dempsey, 37, of South Charleston, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bobby Tucker, 63, former Chief of Collections for the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue (“OTR") was sentenced today to 14 months of incarceration for his conviction for a bribery charge stemming from a scheme in which he paid bribes to an OTR official in order to reduce the tax liabilities of a business he consulted and to take other actions to benefit Tucker’s business interests as opportunities arose.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission’s final report...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a one-month extension to the signup period for the Seafood Trade Relief Program, which supports the U.S. seafood industry and fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments. Fishermen can now signup for the program through Jan. 15, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - HARRIS HENDERSON, age 44, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count indictment charging him with distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Jacob Leister, age 29, of Glenville, Pennsylvania, to 51 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after Leister pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and Alprazolam. Chief Judge Bredar also ordered Leister to forfeit $15,400 in the form of a money judgment, which represents the net proceeds of his sale of drugs to an undercover officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man with a prior child sexual exploitation conviction was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, COLBY SCOTT SHEPHERD, 37, of Elk City, and a member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) currently incarcerated in an Oklahoma prison on a state conviction, was sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House ForeignAffairs Committee, released the following statement after his colleagues selected him to serve as Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee for the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury indicted Michelle Serth-Stein on five counts of wire fraud. The 50 year old is a resident of Smithton, Illinois.
