News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Louisville, Ky. - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at locations across the country. The nationwide event aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A man arrested during a routine traffic stop on I-75 carrying more than 80 kilos of “ice" methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at locations in Rhode Island and across the country. The nationwide event aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced that on Oct. 20, 2020, MICHAEL HOLMES, age 40, of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Wilmer Rosales, a/k/a “DoubleU," (22, Plant City) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in controlled substances; conspiring to commit robbery; committing robbery; using a firearm and causing the first degree murder of Grant Urquhart in furtherance of the drug conspiracy; and possessing...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) expressed their strong concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to modify the regulatory framework that currently limits the expansion...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Frank Smail, Jr., 49, of Round O, and Mike Pellegrini, 58, of North Charleston, were charged in a multi-count federal indictment alleging conspiracy to steal personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Statesville has convicted David Alexander Moralez, Jr., 37, of Fresno, California, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and money laundering conspiracy following a three-day trial, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - Federal prosecutors have charged 41-year-old Miami lawyer Aaron Patrick Honaker with committing a series of bank robberies and attempted bank robberies in South Florida over the past three weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKees Rocks, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl and heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Minneapolis, Minnesota resident has been charged with engaging in multiple acts of vandalism and violence including throwing rocks at police officers engaged in lawful crowd dispersal during a civil disorder event.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Derek Padilla, 29, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque on Oct. 16 to a charge of possession of stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Matthew Enhoffer (35, St. Petersburg), a former police officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department, to 8 years and 1 month in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Enhoffer to pay a $10,000 special assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims Trafficking Act of 2015. The court will determine restitution to the victims at a later date.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
Release: CLEVELAND - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded 9mm handgun onto an airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and 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: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Romanian man who was extradited to the United States pleaded guilty today to an ATM skimming fraud scheme targeting Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old Laredo man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for knowingly conspiring to transport an undocumented alien resulting in serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - Federal prosecutors have charged 41-year-old Miami lawyer Aaron Patrick Honaker with committing a series of bank robberies and attempted bank robberies in South Florida over the past three weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man made his initial appearance today on charges of engaging in fraud by illegally obtaining unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Mr. President, in a few minutes I’m going to offer a unanimous consent request on legislation extending enhanced unemployment insurance.
