News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a Superseding Indictment was unsealed today against 15 defendants, including alleged members and associates of the South Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey-based criminal organization La Cosa Nostra (LCN), known as the “mafia" or the “mob." The Superseding Indictment charges various crimes including racketeering conspiracy, illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Senator Gary Peters, and Senator Tom...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing and distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico woman pleaded guilty today to aiming a laser pointer at a police aircraft while at the Robert E. Lee Monument during a period of civil unrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that Matthew Thacker, 39, of Huntington, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - A federal jury today found Noel Macapagal, 47, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, guilty of attempted enticement of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The verdict followed a four-day jury trial before United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi. Sentencing is scheduled for March 11, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On or about Nov. 28, 2020 the Humboldt Field Office (HRFO) will begin a nuisance wild burro gather in the vicinity of the Selenite Range Herd Area (HA) located south and east of Empire, Nevada. The town of Empire is approximately 7 miles south of Gerlach, Nevada on Highway 447. The action is needed to address public safety and reduce impacts to private land in the vicinity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lamario Mills, a/k/a Rio, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 103 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced today to 167 ninths in federal prison for selling heroin mixed with fentanyl to a man who overdosed and died, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: A Macomb Township resident pleaded guilty today to a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $931,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and distributing a quantity of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging Colton Donner, 25, with threatening an African-American male juvenile, because of the victim’s race and because the victim was living in a home in Paola, Kansas, in violation of Title 42, U.S. Code, Section 3631.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - Chief Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Daniel Phillip Griffin, 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, to 30 months’ imprisonment followed by 5 years’ supervised release for leading an interstate prostitution ring. Griffin previously pleaded guilty to one count of transporting a victim interstate...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing impacts to farmers, ranchers, and consumers from delays in the transition process, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota wrote to General Services Administrator Emily Murphy Monday urging the agency to proceed with a collaborative transition with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Wesley Mark Smith, age 53, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary - Allenwood, White Deer, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Nov. 20, 2020, to 120 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for a prison assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - United States Attorney Kurt Alme today announced his resignation as the U. S. Attorney for the District of Montana effective Dec. 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that Jamie Otis Southern, 50, of Tazewell County, Virginia, pled guilty to attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dyllan Barber, 19, of Little Valley, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography and cyberstalking. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: When there is so much in the world that feels chaotic, and as we here in the U.S. embark on a time of transition, it can be easy to focus on the negative. On the glass half full. But not me; this blog was an easy one to write, colleagues, and I’ll tell you why.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
