News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Oct. 19, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Oct. 19, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: HEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has hired four new Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARC LAWRENCE pled guilty to securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with his role as a senior executive of a number of corporate entities (collectively referred to as “Downing") that were...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Tyndall, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 13, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Defendant recorded himself firing out of the window of a moving vehicle.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: All States Top 99%, Self-Response Beats 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today $899,488 in Department of Justice grants to Cocke County to fight drug abuse and addiction in the Eastern District of Tennessee. 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 19, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donnie Lee Jackson, 31, of Rochester, NY, a registered sex offender and New York State parolee, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of child pornography, including prepubescent images. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The United States Marshals Service is asking for the public's assistance in locating Joshua Raymond, 32, of Inwood, West Virginia. Raymond is wanted by the United States Marshals Service on Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Base and Cocaine Hydrochloride.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin has announced recent federal grand jury indictments leading to the arrest of seven Baton Rouge men on various firearms and drug trafficking offenses. The federal arrests all occurred on Oct. 13, 2020, and were part of a coordinated federal interagency initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Good afternoon. We’re here to turn a spotlight on the numerous, destructive cyber attacks which are perpetrated by the GRU-which as you heard is Russia’s military intelligence agency. This activity went well beyond traditional intelligence collection. The GRU targeted the global energy sector, international...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Alphonso Andrews 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 19, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr., announced on Thursday that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Ken Taylor 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 19, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White accepted a plea today from LeVaughn Neal. The 35-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man pleaded guilty today to a charge of distributing heroin, which could send him to federal prison for 12 years, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Gordon William Brock, III, 49, of Mount Pleasant, and Carlos Ravenel, 37, of North Charleston, were sentenced to 20 years each after pleading guilty to distribution of heroin and fentanyl causing death and serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur today announced awards of $622,883 in Department of Justice grants to the Maryland Office of the Public Defender to support juvenile justice initiatives to reduce crime and recidivism associated with mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: DENVER -- United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Rebecca Weber will lead the efforts of the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - While conditions allowed statewide fire restrictions to change across the rest of the state, hot, dry weather remain in Southern Nevada and fire restrictions remains in place on public lands managed by Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
