News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA), headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, has been charged by criminal information in federal court and a former supervisor has been indicted for violating the Clean Water Act, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Defendant used false identification to secure MassHealth benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old physician practicing in Beaumont has been found guilty of federal health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Taashaun Mansfield, age 22, Johnny Quinones, age 27, Michael Windham, age 20, and Antonio Godbolt, age 34, all of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on November 4, 2020, by a federal grand jury on firearms charges. The case was unsealed following the arrest of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville has indicted a Gordonsville man and charged him with federal Hobbs Act robbery charges in connection to a series of armed robberies that took place at commercial businesses in Charlottesville, Albemarle County...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John L. Badalamenti has sentenced Jeffrey Alan Dinkel (73, Fort Myers) to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A man and woman who admitted possessing methamphetamine to sell after law enforcement officers found the drug hidden under carpeting in their Ballantine residence were sentenced today to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man with prior felony convictions pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Yesterday, John Michael Gregg, 36, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 16 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Kauai County, Hawaii, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Staten Island, New York, man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for robbing a New Jersey business owner in February 2019, defrauding eight New Jersey businesses from July 2016 through January 2019, and defrauding and stealing the identities of three women, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Christopher Monroe, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted today to a methamphetamine charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of eight people have been taken into custody on charges involving a five-year drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Eastern District of California has been allocated funding to hire an Assistant U.S. Attorney for a one-year term, who will focus on prosecuting cases involving schemes to unlawfully obtain unemployment insurance benefits and related offenses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Spencer Katsohis, 28, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of eight people have been taken into custody on charges involving a five-year drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: Victim was Shot in Stomach and Begged For His Life in Recorded 911 Call.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Lettieri, 33, of Harpursville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal with enticement of a minor, and traveling to engage in illicit sexual contact. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man who threatened a woman with a sawed-off shotgun has been sentenced to nearly a decade in federal prison.
