News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 40-year-old Houston-area man has been ordered to federal prison for the statutory maximum on all convictions for production, distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography as well as attempted destruction of evidence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W, Brady announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Eric G. Olshan and Lee J. Karl will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Due to unseasonably dry conditions and extreme wildfire activity across the northern Front Range, all BLM-administered lands in Boulder and Larimer counties managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office will be temporarily closed to entry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Purdue Pharma LP to Plead Guilty to Kickback Scheme Aimed at Increasing Opioid Prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Defendant sold cocaine and fentanyl while employed as Director of Constituent Services for a Boston City Councilor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN -During a visit with law enforcement in Memphis today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation LeGend, which was expanded to Memphis on Aug. 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, on October 5, 2020, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging WILLIAM MEIER...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Portland, Oregon man has been charged with Civil Disorder and Theft of Government Property during protest activities in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Wash., - Today, United States Attorney William Hyslop and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis announced a coordinated Opioid Fentanyl Outreach initiative by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, prevention specialists and school superintendents. They were joined at the announcement by Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward and Spokane Chief of Police Craig Meidl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Danny Mahurin, age 45, of Sherman, Texas entered a guilty plea to Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Goods, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2314, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that THERYN JONES, a/k/a “Ty," a/k/a “Old Man Ty," a/k/a “Tyballa," and ARIUS HOPKINS, a/k/a “Scrappy," a/k/a “Scrap," were sentenced today to life in prison following their conviction for the Jan. 2, 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Christopher L. Childs (48), of Hartford, Wisconsin, to 27 years in prison for sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma and Civil Settlement with Members of the Sackler Family.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Andrew Lelling hosted a roundtable discussion today on reducing gun violence and enforcing firearms laws. As part of this effort, the U.S. Attorney’s Office recently charged 21-gun related cases in support of local police departments across the state and their efforts to curb violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Lawrence Lavoy Jackson, 36, of Pascagoula, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Chicago Division, announces the Red Ribbon Celebration during the week of October 23-31, which coincides with DEA’s 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 24, 2020. Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of the dangers of drug abuse and encourages parents, educators, business owners, and community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Martino, of Weirton, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger today sentenced Deannajo White (39, Suwannee County) to 24 months in federal prison for disaster assistance fraud. The Court also ordered White to pay $15,331.74 in restitution to FEMA. White, a 19-time convicted felon, had pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2020.
