News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who pretended to be a missing Illinois boy was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A civil settlement has been reached with former Warner Robins-based physical therapy provider McLeod-Hughes and Associates, LLC, and its owner Barry McLeod-Hughes, to resolve allegations of fraud, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that, DONALD PETER AUZINE, JR. (AUZINE), age 50, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and BONNIE JEAN LAWLESS DIAZ (DIAZ), age 45, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, were charged on Dec. 11, 2020 with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a tax preparation business in Brockton pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for others as well as filing a false tax return for himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Uvalde resident Pedro Gonzalez, Jr. to 40 months in federal prison for possessing hundreds of images of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee, San Antonio Division.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued two Final Rules focused on quality-of-life improvements for the American people. The first rule ensures that Americans can have access to high-performance, time-saving clothes washers and dryers. The second rule ensures access to showerheads that can provide enough water for quality showers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man admitted today conspiring to illegally distribute over 1 million prescription pills and launder drug trafficking proceeds through the use of fictitious shell companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A former University of Georgia (UGA) professor who admitted to authorities that he possessed hundreds of images of child pornography enetered a guilty plea in federal court today for his crime, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A citizen of El Salvador was sentenced today to 21 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release for illegal reentry into the U.S. after removal subsequent to a conviction for an aggravated felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that on Dec. 3, 2020, a federal jury in Mobile, Alabama found defendant Daniel Marcellas Houston, 45, of Selma, Alabama, guilty for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Jeffrey...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Figures Estimate the Size of the Nation’s Population Independent of the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 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 Juan Padua, 33, and Michael Vasquez, 24, both of Buffalo, NY, with narcotics conspiracy and attempting to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River woman was sentenced today in federal court for stealing Social Security disability benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant is the second man to plead guilty to Third Precinct arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-The fifth and final member of a robbery crew that stole drugs and money from marijuana traffickers operating in Oregon in a series of violent robberies was sentenced to federal prison today, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Wielded a Machete and Locked Five Employees in the Store’s Freezer.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Bechtel National, Inc. have completed construction of the last of 94 systems in the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 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 Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public feedback on a proposed rehabilitation and upgrade to the existing electrical system at Kalaupapa National Historical Park (the park) on the island of Molokai in Hawai’i. At this time, the park is initiating a 45-day public scoping period in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new population estimates and projections for over 200 countries and areas through the year 2100. These data are available from the redesigned International Data Base (IDB) web tool.
