News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Washington, D.C., man was sentenced Nov. 10, 2020 to 36 months of incarceration for his convictions on charges of mail fraud and wire fraud in relation to the sale of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (“PPE") and the filing of fraudulent tax refund request and class action settlement claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to two years in prison for making a threat to burn down an African American church in Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Norfolk woman today on 5 counts of wire fraud and 33 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A California man, Michael John Davidson, 31, was sentenced to 120 months in prison on Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, after previously being convicted by a federal jury of attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The jury reached its verdict after approximately one hour of deliberations, following a day and a half trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Raymond Donovan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Demarious Gray, 29, Madison, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced November 9, 2020, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years in prison for possessing heroin and cocaine with the intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for $130 million in new projects to advance solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 67 research projects across 30 states that reduce the cost of solar, increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, and improve the reliability of the nation’s electric grid.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to file cloture on Judy Shelton’s nomination to the Federal Reserve...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Virginia - A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Abingdon has indicted Samuel Silva, an inmate a United States Penitentiary, Lee County and charged him with the premeditated murder of his cellmate in September 2018, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports President Trump may be forcing leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
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: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that two women, KEYIRA GABLE, age 33, of Harvey and BRITTANY WHITE, age 34, of New Orleans, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe for their participation in a years-long credit card fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of multiple murder suspects in the last two days.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: The Thompson Zone of the East Troublesome Fire, on the east side of the Continental Divide within Rocky Mountain National Park, was previously managed by the Cameron Peak Fire team and has been transitioned back to the East Troublesome Fire team. The East Troublesome Fire is currently being managed by a Type 3 Incident Management Team. The Thompson Zone is being managed by a Division Group Supervisor, located within the park, who reports to the Incident Commander.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Marvin Windell Gray, a/k/a Marv, age 45, of Waldorf, Maryland to 66 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, on the federal charges of: conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl; distribution...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chair Benjamin Hovland, National Association of Secretaries of State...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report that reinforces the bipartisan concerns of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders related to the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) $12 billion plan and initial contract to build a new class of cutter, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell today sentenced Anthony Eugene Wiggins, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 21 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a string of robberies, and for violating his supervised release from a previous federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men are set to appear in McAllen federal court on various charges related to the kidnapping and transportation of a minor across state lines, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dory L. Sater, age 46, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Nov. 10, 2020, following a jury trial, of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses. The six-day trial was held before United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani in Scranton.
