News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced RODERICK HICKMAN (“HICKMAN"), age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; BERNELL GALE (“GALE"), age 43, of Raceland, Louisiana; and TROY SMITH (“SMITH"), age 56, also of Houma, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Bailey N. Robinson, of Belmont, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Warwick man who allegedly shared links of child pornography while participating in an online group chat was ordered detained in federal custody until a hearing on Friday following his arrest today by members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Stephen D. Warner 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. AUSA Warner has been appointed to serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Charles Kates, Jr., to 75 months in prison following Kates Jr.’s plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - 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 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Erik Goes will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming general election on Nov. 3, 2020. AUSA Goes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea today announced that the DEA will direct resources to help reduce violent crime in communities throughout the country. Under this initiative, called Project Safeguard, DEA will identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and the FBI are committed to protecting the rights of all Marylanders to vote. U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office are issuing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Owner of Queens Acupuncture Business Pleads Guilty to Aiding and Assisting the Preparation of a False Tax Return.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cameron Austin Burgess, age 22, of Morris, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault Resulting In Substantial Bodily Injury To A Spouse, Intimate Partner, Or Dating Partner In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Sections 113(a)(7), 1151, and 1153, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Dawn Ison will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced Tuesday the opening of the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking, the U.S. government’s first-ever integrated law enforcement operations center directly supporting federal criminal investigations, victim assistance efforts, intelligence analysis, and outreach and training activities related to human trafficking and forced labor.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 600 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Minnesota. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department, in an announcement by Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric S. Dreiband, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Katharine T. Sullivan, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Erica H. MacDonald, unveiled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: The co-owner of a New York acupuncture business pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: A 46-year-old international terrorist convicted of additional terrorist activity that he committed while an inmate of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has been sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas, announced the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ------------------------------- Update: This rule was enjoined in its entirety on Nov. 19, 2020. See Pangea Legal Servs., et al., v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., et al., No. 3:20-cv-07721 (N.D. Cal.) (“Pangea I”) ------------------------------- Today, the Department of Justice and the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Note: Click for Attorney General Barr's statement and Deputy Attorney General Rosen's remarks. Today, the Department of Justice — along with eleven state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Google from unlawfully maintaining ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an eleventh superseding indictment Monday, charging five men in connection with a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The eleventh superseding indictment adds a new defendant charged with a racketeering conspiracy related to his membership in MS-13, including a double homicide and drug trafficking.
