News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Colorado Man Convicted of Production, Transportation, and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today that JAMES EARLY was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas to 25 years in prison for enticing two different minors to engage in illegal sexual activity. The sentencing today followed EARLY’s guilty plea on Nov. 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Joshua Aaron Spencer, 34, of Columbia, was sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Cheyenne County, Kansas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by excessive rain, flash flooding and flooding that occurred from July 23 through July 24, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Douglas Lanier Hogan (31, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on two separate occasions. Hogan had pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Florida counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties who suffered losses caused by Hurricane Sally, high winds, excessive rains and flooding that occurred from Sept. 14 through Sept. 19, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An investigation led by the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department last night and this morning resulted in the arrest of 14 defendants linked to the Hoover Criminal Gang on federal charges alleging the distribution of narcotics, some of which were sold to customers out of two South Los Angeles storefronts.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney; Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chairman Jamie Raskin; Committee Members Jackie Speier and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Rep. Lois Frankel sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr following up...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Shanard Zelron Banks, age 32, to 181 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Orange County, New York, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for allegedly orchestrating a wire fraud scheme that involved manipulating a business’ payroll service, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an update to its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to address whether OSHA considers cloth face coverings to be personal protective equipment. The agency is addressing the topic after the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Recology Executive Laundered $1 Million in Bribes, Often Through An Intermediary Charity, To Former DPW Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Cedrick Tillman, 35, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 121 months in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 33-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import and importing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Marshals arrested in Marion Nov. 18 a Nebraska man wanted on two counts of terroristic threats, use of a firearm to commit a felony, and burglary, stemming from a September home invasion incident in Douglas County, Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Other federal grand jury indictments today include drug trafficking and firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for illegally possessing a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Examining the Surface Transportation Board’s Role in Ensuring a Robust Passenger Rail System":
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury indicted 21-year-old Cameron Emerson Casey Rankin, a self-proclaimed Boogaloo Bois member residing in San Antonio, on a charge of illegally possessing a firearm after previously being judicially committed to a mental institution, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Nov. 10, 2020, Benjamin Reichel, 54, formerly of Ringgold, Georgia, entered a guilty plea to one count of mail fraud before United States Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
