News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, United States District Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Najawaun Marcus Quinn, age 23, of Davenport, to 48 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term, Quinn was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Defrauded Victims Out of More than $10 Million in Financial Fraud Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosives detection canine who will soon work at Washington Dulles International Airport is featured in the new.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced today that the District of Nevada has received funding from the Department of Justice to hire a dedicated prosecutor to combat CARES Act unemployment insurance fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - More than 20 members and associates of Springfield street gangs and others have been indicted on federal and state drug trafficking and related charges within the past week. The charges allege the individuals have engaged in various capacities to distribute drugs, including cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in Springfield in 2019 and 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Investigators seize cocaine, semi-automatic pistol, homemade pistol and cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Frank Robey, Director of the Criminal Investigation Command’s Major Procurement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: “After speaking with Mayor Ginther and Ohio Attorney General Yost, I was informed that BCI was immediately notified of the fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred early yesterday. BCI is investigating this matter, as is policy with all shootings involving Columbus Division of Police. The mayor...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service has continued to been so fortunate to be partnered with Peter St. James & Pat Kelly with the “NH Wake Up Show" featuring the “Fugitive of the Week" program for the State of New Hampshire. This program was started with Peter St. James, back in 2007 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Joseph Morris, 39, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew Barber, 52, of Batavia, NY, with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that two members of a Wausau, Wisconsin methamphetamine conspiracy were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson. Lisa Xiong, 33, Wausau, was sentenced on Thursday, December 17 to...
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), welcomed the passage of their bipartisan Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019 (S.2539). The legislation, included in the fiscal ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Modernizing essential equipment is another sign of dynamic change at the Hanford Site as workers prepare to treat tank waste and continue to make progress on risk-reducing cleanup.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LORENZO MORALES-ARAMBULA, also known as “Viejo," 59, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 156 months of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - Troy Bong, 51, of Wichita, is charged with three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (counts 1, 4, 7), three counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking (counts 2, 5, 8) and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon (counts 3, 6, 9). The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2020 in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions at Lowell Correctional Institution (Lowell) in Ocala, Florida, violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. Specifically, the department concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that Lowell fails to protect prisoners from sexual abuse by the facility’s staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Seized Websites Allegedly Offered VPN and Proxy Services To Individuals for Illegal Activities.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that President Trump has named Dr. Carrie Castille as the new, six year term director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Dr. Castille will start her new role on Monday, January 4, 2021. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Today, following months of virtual meetings, testimony and study, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr submitted the final report of the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice to the White House. This report represents the first comprehensive study of law enforcement in more than 55 years.
