News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Used Fraudulent Passports and Stolen Identities to Open Bank Accounts; Co-conspirators Sent E-Mails to Victim Businesses Falsely Purporting to be Vendors to Which the Victim Businesses Owed Money in Order to Obtain Fraudulent Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hunterdon County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Gilbert Trill, Acting Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, announced today that Aaron Gatewood, age 32, of Elkins, Arkansas, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for organizing a scheme that paid workers to solicit elderly and low-income residents for information used to fraudulently bill government medical programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Defendant was second in command of Massachusetts Latin Kings Leadership.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury indicted Najee Neal today on one count of carjacking, one count of brandishing a firearm in the furtherance of a crime of violence and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The 29 year old is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri. The indictment charges Neal with the Feb. 27, 2020, armed carjacking of victim’s 2017 Nissan Altima.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former second in command of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced yesterday to racketeering and drug conspiracy charges.

By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Congressman Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports of attacks on the Ethiopian National Defense Force bases by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, and deployment of Ethiopian military forces to the Tigray region.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies at area businesses.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 55-year-old woman has admitted guilt for her role in at least 40 sham marriages that charged foreigners up to $70,000 and often provided a fake wedding album to help obtain legal permanent resident status, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against two Stockton residents and alleged members of the Everybody Killa (EBK) street gang, charging them with conspiring to deal firearms without a license and other charges, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
Release: Keith Wehner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has been named Director for the Wildlife Services (WS) Western Region, headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. He will also serve as a member of the Management Team for the WS program, which provides Federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist.

By State Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a forty-count indictment on Nov. 3, 2020 against Andrew Lynn, D.P.M., 63, of Knoxville, Tennessee, charging him with health care fraud. Lynn appeared in court on November 5, 2020, before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton and entered...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
Release: Actions Address Groundwater, Building Demolition at Area IV of Santa Susana Field Laboratory

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Danyel Megal Black (40, Bradenton) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. The court also ordered Black to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Pecos, NM- Pecos National Historical Park is planning to implement a prescribed burn project that will begin when conditions allow anytime from early November and through the end of winter. The pile burn project, encompassing approximately 10 acres, is located along Highway 63 between the park entrance...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Cape Cod woman pleaded guilty today to charges in two separate criminal cases for embezzling more than $1.3 million from two previous employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2020
News Release: Investment Professional and Author is Sentenced for Defrauding National Women’s Sorority.