News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Scheme Led to More Than 100 Turkish Children Obtaining Birthright U.S. Citizenship and a $2.1 Million Loss to Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Georgia man made his initial appearance in federal court here today on charges of distributing illicit prescription drugs over the Darknet.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
Release: More information about Namibia is available on the Namibia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice and Partner Agencies Stop the Flow of Fraud Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 1, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Darryl K. Green (age: 53) of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: As the Director and senior career U.S. Census Bureau officials told members of Congress and Congressional staff last week, the estimated date that apportionment data will be complete remains in flux. These kinds of anomalies and issues are expected and are similar to the Census Bureau’s experience in...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Chef Ana from Tables Less Traveled will teach a live holiday cooking lesson from her cooking academy in Portugal as part of Homestead National Monument of America’s virtual Winter Festival Presentation Series. The event will take place live on Facebook on Sunday, December 6, at 2:00...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual America’s Families and Living Arrangements release show that the number of parents with children under age 18 and living at home declined by about 3 million over the past decade, dropping from about 66.1 million parents in 2010 to 63.1 million in 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - All available saddle-trained wild horses were adopted at the first virtual event hosted by the Bureau of Land Management and the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (R3C) in Elk Grove. The event was held via Zoom on November 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of MARK OREN SCHORN, 53, to 180 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. SCHORN, who pleaded guilty on Aug. 19, 2020, was sentenced today before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA -Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (“Elite"), an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider, has been sentenced for defrauding Medicaid out of nearly $1 million. Between September 2015 and April 2018, Bankhead submitted thousands of fraudulent claims for services that were never provided to medically fragile children under the Georgia Pediatric Program (“GAPP").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jordan D. Cotton, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today for distributing crack cocaine while possessing a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Cotton to 130 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Cotton will also serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON KELLER, 35, originally of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the 2021 Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) application process for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial is now open.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Meth, brass knuckles with built-in knife found in search of camper.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man is expected to make his initial appearance today after being charged with possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: Defendant Collected over $978,138 in Disability Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three members of a Gardena street gang that operates in several states under the control of the Mexican Mafia, have been charged in federal court with violent crime in aid of racketeering for allegedly participating in a shooting that resulted in the death of a 29-year-old man who was gunned down in front of his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jordan D. Cotton, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today for distributing crack cocaine while possessing a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Cotton to 130 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system. Cotton will also serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons.
