News from November 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- A Florida man, recently named one of Florida’s high school basketball coaches of the year, was arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining $984,710 in a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for making a straw purchase of ten FN M249S 5.56 caliber semi-automatic rifles, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada. The FN M249S rifle is a semi-automatic version of the FN M249 SAW machine gun used by the U.S. military.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas City, Kan., men have been charged in federal court here with offering to kill a man for $10,000 and make it look like robbery, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU - On December 7, the National Park Service (NPS) and the United States Navy will host the 79th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day commemoration to honor the 2,390 American lives lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O`ahu on December 7, 1941.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Jeffrey Mons Olson, age 50, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to serve nearly 7 years (80 months) in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Olson appeared at the hearing in custody and was remanded at its conclusion. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joined in the announcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado felon was sentenced to serve nearly 7 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Darryl Maxie to 60 months in prison today. The 45-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty on August 5, 2020 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The full House Committee on Natural Resources, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time titled Ocean Climate Action: Solutions to the Climate Crisis. The hearing will include consideration of Grijalva’s H.R. 8632, the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, introduced on Oct. 20.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a woman from carrying a loaded.380 caliber handgun and a magazine with seven bullets onto an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Eilin Castillo Montano of the Dominican Republic pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States after being ordered deported and removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two local gang members were sentenced this week to nearly 16 years in prison combined for being felons in possession of firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is open now that the threat of Tropical Storm Eta has passed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Attorney General William P. Barr has announced the recipients for the 68th Annual Attorney General’s Awards, recognizing Department of Justice employees and partners for extraordinary contributions to the enforcement of our nation’s laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Defendant received payments totaling at least $245,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Milledgeville, Georgia probationer who admitted possessing 445 grams of crack cocaine and cocaine was sentenced to federal prison for distributing the illegal drugs, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: SYRCAUSE, N.Y. - Isidro De Los Santos, 33, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve nine years (108 months) in federal prison for his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
Release: DETROIT - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected and prevented two handguns from making their way in the passenger cabin of airplanes at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Dwayne E. Robinson, of O’Fallon, Illinois, has been charged with sexually exploiting a minor and.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Eric Lee Sputa (33, Homosassa) to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Sputa had pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams congratulates District of Oregon Assistant United States Attorneys Chris Cardani and Scott Kerin, and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Guy Gino, who were honored by United States Attorney General William P. Barr for their exemplary service. The awards were announced on Nov. 12, 2020.
