News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Seattle - United States Attorney Brian T. Moran announced today that once again Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Arlen Storm will lead the efforts of our Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: New Federal Indictment Adds a New Defendant Charged in a Double Murder by Stabbing and Drug Trafficking; Defendants Hail from New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland and Committed Murders Throughout Virginia and Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - David Laufer, age 63, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to acceptance of gratuities by a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the U.S. Attorney’s Award For Excellence in Law Enforcement are Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Detectives Holly Hogan, Tyrell Barner, and Jordan Settle, along with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agents Andrew Bledsoe and Dan Volk.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - James Christopher Benvie, 45, was sentenced to 21 months in prison in Las Cruces on Oct. 15 on two counts of false personification of a Border Patrol agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Misinformation and Disinformation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant allegedly used false identity to obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced today that Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Jacky Jacobs 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 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cody James Cooper, age 27, of Eufaula, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Six Defendants Charged in Scheme to Defraud Student Loan Programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Murray: On February 5, 2020, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on Finance (“the Committees") requested United States Secret Service (“USSS") records of “all the dates and locations of travel, international and domestic, for Hunter Biden...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Shawn Goodine, 44, of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Public Official Received Money, Travel, and Sporting Event Tickets From A Maryland Company Receiving Over $25 Million in Government Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Williamsport, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Abdul Bailey, a 28-year old man formerly of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Al Qaeda-Trained Jihadist Who Recruited Other Inmates to Join ISIS Sentenced to 300 Months.
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: LAREDO, Texas - A 28-year-old San Antonio man is now headed to federal prison for knowingly conspiring to transport an undocumented alien resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jamieson C. Mason, 28, of Upper Fruitland, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, waived his preliminary hearing in federal court today on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Mason will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - 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.
