News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered a firearm and ammunition in a passenger’s belongings at a security checkpoint in Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Richard Everett Camp, Jr. has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Carlisle man was sentenced today on one count of distribution of child pornography. United States District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr. sentenced Stuart Adams, 34, to 15 years in federal prison. Cody Hiland, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office, announced today’s sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - CWD, LLC, which operates under the name Centric Parts, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Carson, and its affiliates have agreed to pay $8 million to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Tariff Act of 1930 by knowingly underpaying customs duties owed to the United States on imported brake pads.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - Jessica Guska (a/k/a Jessica Irvine, Jessica Brewer, Jessica Carrington and Jessica Hoggard), 42, Cedar Lake, Indiana was charged by way of a 4 count indictment for wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Busby woman convicted of severely neglecting two young children who were in her custody, causing them serious injury, was sentenced today to one year in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Yorba Linda man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he operated an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million - including on behalf of criminals - through in-person transactions and a network of Bitcoin ATM-type kiosks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - Two men involved in distributing many kilos of cocaine in South Georgia have entered guilty pleas for their crime, said Charlie Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: For Possessing a Firearm as a Felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $852,000 grant to the city of Yuma, Arizona, to construct a sewer system to serve an industrial area that will support commercial and industrial business enterprises. This EDA grant, to be matched with $213,000 in local funds, is expected to create 500 jobs and generate $50 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Robert Payne, age 39, of Ithaca, New York, was sentenced today to serve five years (60 months) in prison for his conviction for participating in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A long-time senior leader of the South Los Angeles-based East Coast Crips (ECC) was arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he engaged in a decades-long conspiracy to murder rivals, extort local business and distribute narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shelby Bottensek, 42, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and identity theft, and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison. Judge Peterson also ordered Bottensek to pay restitution of $6,353.54 to the victims of her crimes.
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury sitting in Austin has returned a six-count indictment against a 31-year-old paralegal specialist with the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney for Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pittsburgh, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Pittsburgh announced Wednesday the creation of a new anti-human trafficking coalition, Operation T.E.N. (Trafficking Ends Now), comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies as well as non-governmental organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to reporting on Republicans considering a short-term extension of unemployment benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: FBI is Seeking Suspect Responsible for Armed Robbery of Security State Bank in Hammon, Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Roberto Nieto Rangel, 41, of Nampa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Rangel serve 5 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. A federal grand jury indicted Rangel on Feb. 13, 2019. Rangel pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 11, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today the addition of two leading cybersecurity experts to support the agency’s COVID-19 response efforts. Josh Corman is joining CISA as a Visiting Researcher, and Rob Arnold will join CISA’s National Risk Management...
