News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Juan Ordenas-Lucas, age 27, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 276 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole followed by 20 years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Bernard Barnett, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for his role in a crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rejjie Ni, 24, of Shanghai, China, who was convicted of possession of a machine gun, was sentenced to time served (11 months) by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today more than $4.5 million in Department of Justice grants to fight and prevent violent crime in the District of South Carolina. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), are part of more than $458 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement efforts to combat violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Iowa County, Iowa, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by a derecho that occurred on Aug. 10, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Damion Jay Phillips, 42, of Chester, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment and resource management plan amendment to establish disposal criteria for a 1.13-acre parcel of public land in Johnson County, to resolve an inadvertent trespass that originally occurred in the 1960s. The BLM is also seeking public comment on the conveyance of those lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Jose Maria Moreno, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 78 months in prison. Moreno previously pleaded guilty to Discharging a Firearm at an Occupied Structure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of HAKEEM ALEXANDER COLES, 25, to 204 months in prison for Hobbs Act robbery and assault of a person assisting federal law enforcement officers. COLES, who pleaded guilty on July 16, 2020, was sentenced today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Robert Don Henderson, age 35, was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release for Aiding and Abetting in the Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Seizure Of Bitcoins Represents The Largest Cryptocurrency Seizure To Date.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Arizona man pleaded guilty today to a massive investment fraud conspiracy that cost victims tens of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Shawn Tompkins, age 40, of Hubbardsville, New York, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon on a criminal complaint charging him with federal methamphetamine and marijuana distribution charges, and possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Andrew Joseph Trimmer, a/k/a D and Smoke, age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, on the federal charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and for assault on a federal officer. The indictment was returned on November 4, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Douglas E. Bennett (76, Clearwater) with passport fraud and aggravated identity theft. Bennett was arrested on November 4, 2020. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Little Snake and White River Field Offices will rescind fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in Moffat County on Friday, November 6 at 12:01 a.m. BLM public lands in Grand, Jackson, Larimer, and Summit Counties remain in Stage 2 fire restrictions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Deante Creel, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for drug distribution in the Wheeling area, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
