News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that five defendants convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, have been sentenced to federal prison terms by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Edmondson, 53, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $6,700 in restitution by United States District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg for robbing four banks in a spree across the Southeastern Pennsylvania counties of Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Clint Monroe Utter, of West Milford, West Virginia, is facing a charge of bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jared Barnhill, 29, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 1 to 18 years in prison on three counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence and two counts of using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland, Oregon, tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing and filing false and fraudulent tax returns for clients and for herself, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - EM recently launched a remodeled version of its popular virtual museum website covering the history of the Portsmouth Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing mail from customers on his route and depositing their checks into his own bank account.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released today the environmental assessment of the application from Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation to conduct seismic exploration within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The environmental assessment and draft finding of no new significant impact are available to review for 14 days and can be viewed at.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KELLY RIVAS, a/k/a “La Grumpy," was sentenced today to four years in prison for managing dues collection and distribution for the transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 40-year-old Houston man on charges of conspiracy to transport 138 undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Barbara Jean Feltner, of Martinsburg West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug distribution enterprise, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Alexander Cappard, 26, Apple Valley, Minnesota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 66 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Cappard pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 29, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -- Cape Lookout National Seashore is scheduled to open Great Island Cabin Camp on Friday, March 12, 2021, and operate it through the night of Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. Visitors can start making reservations on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 10 a.m. (EST). The National Park Service will continue utilizing recreation.gov for reservations this season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio, a federal judge sentenced 35-year-old Jacob Floyd Bailey to 20 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee, San Antonio Division; and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) Eagle Pass Port Director Paul Del Rincon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of suburban Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 14 months in prison, which has already been served, followed by five years of supervised release, which includes 90 days of home incarceration followed by 90 days of home detention, on her conviction of mail fraud conspiracy and bank fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairs and senior Members sent a letter to Director Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), demanding a member briefing and documents about the Trump Administration’s cancellation of diversity and anti-racism training in the federal government and organizations that receive federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Morrow County, Oregon man with a decades-long criminal history who was on probation following his recent release from federal prison was ordered to return to prison today for illegally possessing a firearm and distributing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division 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...
