News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) John Potterfield and Robert Sneed 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: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - James Verne Russell, 50, a former Michigan teacher and principal, was sentenced to serve 720 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for sexual exploitation of two minors. U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff also imposed lifetime-supervised release should it be necessary. Russell was also sentenced on October 8, 2020 by Muskegon County Circuit Court Judge Annette R. Smedley to 20 to 95 years in the related sexual assault case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Kristina Coleman, 40, of Hudson, pleaded guilty in federal court to tampering with consumer products and unlawfully obtaining controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey today announced over $3 million in Department of Justice grants to Arizona to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research, and help law enforcement identify missing persons. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of $192 million in funding to advance forensic science nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - 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: SAVANNAH, GA: An admitted gang member who was a major supplier for a methamphetamine-trafficking operation in the coastal Georgia area has been sentenced to federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it is seeking public nominations for seven positions on the Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC). This citizen-based council assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues in Arizona.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CORVALIS, OREGON, Oct. 20, 2020-The best of eastern and western blackberry genetics have been melded to create Eclipse, Galaxy and Twilight, three new blackberry varieties released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Michael Fuller, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man has admitted that he attempted to hire someone to commit murder on his behalf.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) demanding a hearing on social media censorship with the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google. This letter comes as these tech giants continue to selectively and inconsistently censor content during a major election cycle, resembling publishers rather than neutral public forums.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to six years’ (72 months’) imprisonment and seven years’ supervised release on his conviction of Receipt of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Recently in Rhode Island, the Office of the State Fire Marshal was called in by local law enforcement to examine a possible pipe bomb. Once the area was secured and the public was at a safe distance, the bomb squad went to work assessing the device. When they determined that it was indeed a live pipe...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Duianete Moore to 264 months in prison. The 39-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of robbery affecting interstate commerce, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores today announced awards of nearly $3.7 million in Department of Justice grants to fight drug abuse and addiction in Oklahoma. The grants were awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and are part of more than $341 million going to communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Gustavo Adolfo Pareja, 26, of Cali, Colombia, was extradited by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida last week as a result of an extensive investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Pareja is charged with two federal drug trafficking...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent an urgent follow-up letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today raising additional...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
Release: CHICAGO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded 9mm handgun onto an airplane at Midway International Airport (MDW) on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the Newark Municipal Council and Board of Directors of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) was charged today with scheming to obtain bribes and kickbacks, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Christopher Dobbins has been sentenced to federal prison for hacking his former employer and sabotaging their electronic shipping records, causing more than $200,000 in damage and delaying the shipment of personal protective equipment (“PPE") during the COVID-19 pandemic.
