News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for conspiring to commit mail and bank fraud while on supervised release for a prior federal fraud conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Kawaihae, HI - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site is increasing access to the park’s indoor museum and is offering interpretive talks and ranger-led guided tours.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Six West Virginia residents and an Ohio man are facing drug and firearms charges after a grand jury in Clarksburg indicted them in September, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 12, 2020 - A Hendersonville, Tennessee emergency medical doctor was sentenced today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Kevin James Forestier, Jr., 26, of Scott, Louisiana, was sentenced today for possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays sentenced Forestier to 34 months (2 years, 10 months) in prison followed by 6 years of supervised release. Forestier will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Randell Adsit, age 49, of Martinsburg, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged with distributing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal authorities as part of an immunology research fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Christmas tree permits are available at BLM Wyoming field offices and online.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - in collaboration with the Brazil Ministry of Justice and the Public Security (MJSP) Secretariat for Integrated Operation (SEOPI) Cyber Laboratory - arrested 113 alleged child predators across the U.S. and in South America, Nov. 2 to 6, during phase seven of Operation Protected Childhood (OPC VII).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Owner and employees of Eye For Change Youth & Family Services indicted for fraudulent Medicaid billing practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 50-year-old Cass County, Texas man has been sentenced for a federal drug violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, Robert Joe Hennings, age 33, of Des Moines, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 240 months in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of federal court supervision, for receipt of child pornography, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank and Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey are warning consumers about scammers recruiting “money mules.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SANTA ROSA BEACH, FLORIDA - A total of 15 defendants have been indicted on federal drug-trafficking charges and an additional 29 co-conspirators face state drug-trafficking charges as a result of a multi-agency effort to bring down an organized drug trafficking operation in North Florida. Lawrence Keefe, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Boston indicted a Randolph man today on charges of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man, who previously lived in Massachusetts, was charged in federal court in Worcester with contempt after attempting to flee the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A member of a Camden drug-trafficking organization today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- A federal jury sitting in Asheville, North Carolina, has convicted Siva K. Durbesula, 28, of India, of abusive sexual contact aboard an airplane, in a jointly prosecuted case that began in the District of South Carolina and culminated in the Western District of North Carolina, announced Peter M. McCoy, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
