News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - During the late-morning hours of November 6, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) and the Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested fugitive Marquan Cook on an outstanding warrant from Butler County for Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Randall Joseph Smail, of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to two days of incarceration for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce sentenced Eric Marcel Mboule, 35, of Tucker, Georgia to serve 42 months in federal prison for his role in defrauding the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana out of more than $265,000. Mboule previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Following his sentence, Mboule was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers announced the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday in favor of the government, upholding the conviction of Laith Waleed Alebbini. The 29-year-old Jordan citizen was convicted of conspiring and attempting to join ISIS following a bench trial in Dayton in November and December 2018 before U.S. District Judge Walter H. Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Auburn man who is currently on supervised release for a child pornography conviction was arrested today for a child pornography offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Spring Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on November 5, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: Transnational Anti-Gang Unit in El Salvador Apprehended Fugitive Who Then Was Ordered Extradited to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Lenroy Ravalier, Jr. was arrested for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and related charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: A team of over 150 Arctic researchers recently formed the Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA), which provides a unified location where researchers from around the world can find and store animal movement datasets. So far, the AAMA houses data from over 200 studies from 1991 to present on a wide variety...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - James Calvert was sentenced today to 12 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distribution and receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions from two law firms where his wife was a partner and for his role in a scheme to transport more than 20 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Goldsboro man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: During an Interview with FBI Agents He Concealed that Fact that He and Two Other Officers Had Split the Proceeds from the Sale of Three Kilograms of Cocaine Seized by BPD.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Roseburg man has been charged with Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Child after he used a hidden camera to attempt to record lewd images of a minor girl.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is considering a proposal to expand production of federal minerals near Silver Cliff in Custer County, CO. Colorado Quarries is proposing to develop an additional 7.75 acres of BLM-managed lands at the Black Obsidian Quarry, for a total of 10.75 acres.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has invested significantly in commercially available technologies to enable the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to streamline cross-border travel at ports of entry while maintaining a high degree of confidence of traveler identity and status.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assaulting Federal Officers and Felon in Possession of a Firearm, was sentenced on November 5, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - Beginning Nov. 15, and continuing through the end of 2020, the Bureau of Land Management Socorro Field Office plans to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County, weather permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury indicted former Ferguson Police Officer Jackie Matthews, 63, of Florissant, Missouri on one count of Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law and one count of Making a False Record for an incident occurring on March 13, 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2020
News Release: DENVER - A former schoolteacher was sentenced to serve nearly 4 years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution to certain victims of his crime.
