News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Paola woman was sentenced today to more than 11 years (135 months) in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A series of federal indictments unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges more than 60 defendants with felonies targeting interrelated, gang-affiliated transnational drug trafficking conspiracies that provided a pipeline of illegal drugs to coastal and south Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Greeneville, Tennessee, returned a one count indictment on Nov. 18, 2020 against Warren Calvin Lavender, 31, of Rocky Top, Tennessee charging him with robbing the One Bank of Tennessee Bank in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Lavender entered a plea of not guilty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. -Jamar Long, 25, and Reddell Smith, 35, both of Syracuse, were sentenced today to serve 210 months (Long), and 78 months (Smith), respectively, in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Former Investment Manager Charged in Scheme to Defraud Life Insurance Company.
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 Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today issued two investigative reports regarding the performance and efficacy of providers REM Iowa and MENTOR Oregon, which receive significant federal funding through Medicaid to provide care...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Graff, 44, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to possession of a machine gun. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jose Manuel Prieto, Jr., of Apple Valley, California, was sentenced earlier this week to 97 months in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering conspiracy. He pleaded guilty to the aforementioned charges on Aug. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Chinese national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to making false statements in connection with his theft of 21 vials of biological research.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Maryland lawyer Jeremy Schulman, age 45, of Bethesda, Maryland, on federal charges for wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering conspiracies, and three counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, one...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that William McCandless, 56, of Wilmington, Delaware, a former DeSales University priest, was charged by Indictment with three counts of child pornography offenses.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Madagascar is available on the Madagascar Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman and former House Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts of Kansas, and former House Agriculture Committee Chairmen Mike Conaway of Texas and Frank Lucas of Oklahoma will sit down Friday, December 4, for a discussion of their time in Congress and reflection on the 200th Anniversary of the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Maryland Lawyer Charged with Defrauding Financial Institutions and Other Entities to Obtain Control over $12.5 Million of Somali Sovereign Assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Vitol Inc. Agrees to Pay over $135 Million to Resolve Foreign Bribery Case.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 117th Congress...
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
Release: Department of State. Public Notice. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: FY20 DRL Security and Human Rights Request for Statements of Interest: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria. I. Requested Objectives for Statements of Interest. The Bureau of Democracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former leader of the Fitchburg Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
