News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Philip Finn, Jr., age 50, of Plains, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 9, 2020 to 10 years’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for use of fire to commit stalking.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The BLM is seeking public comments for the next 30 days on the rules proposed to govern the Dingell Act’s Alaska Native Veterans Program of 2019, which permits eligible Vietnam-era veterans or their heirs to apply for an allotment of up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker on fraud charges relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Max Kerkman, 30, of Oakdale, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 10, 2020, in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for being an unlawful user in possession of a firearm. Kerkman was sentenced to 24 months in prison and will also serve 3 years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Zachariah Fredrickson, 32, of Kapolei, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. He entered his plea pursuant to a binding Plea Agreement with the government, in which the parties jointly recommended a sentence to include 10 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 29, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Department of Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Has Prior Convictions for Domestic Abuse and Unlawfully Possessing a Gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Five individuals have been indicted on drug charges as part of a federal investigation into cocaine trafficking on Chicago’s North Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on July 8, 2020 on his conviction of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Tyrone Perry, 39, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Philip P. Simon following his plea of guilty to distribution of heroin and cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: AUBURN, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, will temporarily close the Ponderosa Way Bridge over the North Fork American River to vehicles for construction beginning July 15 and ending in December 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a grand jury indicted ASHTON J. RYAN, age 72, of Kenner; WILLIAM BURNELL, age 70, of Kenner; ROBERT BRAD CALLOWAY, age 60, of Metairie; and FRANK J. ADOLPH, age 60, of Kenner, for defrauding First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: With the July 15 federal income tax deadline rapidly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and IRS Criminal Investigation are reminding people that the tax filing and payment deadline is July 15, and to continue to be on the lookout for scam artists. Please know that the IRS will not contact you by phone, email, or social media to ask for your personal information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - July 10, 2020 - A Tennessee healthcare executive was sentenced to 42 months in prison yesterday for his role in an approximately $4 million kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Arturo David Aguilera-Viveros, age 36, of Adams County, Colorado, pleaded guilty yesterday to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and 100 Grams or More of Heroin, as well as Illegal Reentry After Deportation. The Denver Office of the FBI joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Louisiana State University Receives $88,229 Grant for School Safety Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Public Information Officer. IRS Criminal Investigation. 60 Quaker Lane, 4th Floor, Suite 68. Warwick, RI 02886. (401) 826-4726. Matthew.amsden@ci.irs.gov. NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire reminded...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Lisa Gordon-Scruggs, 52, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to filing a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and James E. Dorsey, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marcelo Esquivel with murder in-aid-of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting of Daniel Licona-Gonzalez on July 2, 2012. At the time of the murder, Esquivel was the leader...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow and Michael J. De Palma, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, made the announcement today in an effort to remind taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warned against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
