News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of ANTHONY ROBINSON (“A. ROBINSON"), age 66; AUDREY HARRIS (“HARRIS"), age 53; JERRY SCHAFFER (“SCHAFFER"), age 65; and KEISHIRA ROBINSON (“K. ROBINSON"), age 25, of New Orleans, Louisiana. These four defendants...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $57,000 civil penalty against Murfreesboro Aviation of Murfreesboro, Tenn., for allegedly failing to comply with FAA drug and alcohol testing requirements on five safety-sensitive employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Aurora, Missouri, business owner was sentenced in federal court today for a series of fraud schemes totaling more than $30 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Officials at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center (PWMRADC) released an inmate Sept. 29, who was wanted for felony charges of illegal entry, despite an active criminal warrant for his arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Join a Virtual Writing Marathon hosted by Weir Farm National Historic Site, the Connecticut Writing Project, and Fairfield University on the National Day on Writing, Oct. 20, 2020. Everyone is invited to this Facebook LIVE event and encouraged to share their writing throughout the day!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Smuggled Contraband Narcotics into Prison in Exchange for Bribe Payments; Three Co-Conspirators Have Previously Pleaded Guilty to the Racketeering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robin Pendergraft 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 16, 2020
News Release: FBI Honors Oregonian with National Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty in federal court here today to seven robberies at local businesses, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that HAROLD FOSTER, age 29, and MARC DALTON, age 30, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged in a five-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for carjacking, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2119, 924, and 922.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with Intent Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA-A Bozeman woman who admitted embezzling more than $400,000 while working as a bookkeeper for several businesses today was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $423,245 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Miquise Jones, a/k/a Scaife, 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering and narcotics conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. In addition, Shanna Smith, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of making false declarations before a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former federal inmate has been charged with helping destroy evidence of the murder of the wife of a Fort Stewart soldier, and then lying to investigators and grand jurors in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment on Oct. 15, 2020 charging five individuals with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in and around Addison County, Vermont between November 2019 and October 2020. Kevin Williams, 31, is the lead defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Di Santi, age 39, Angell Hungaro, age 46, and Benedicto Correia, age 58, all Brazilian nationals, were sentenced on Oct. 15, 2020, by Chief Judge John E. Jones III for their participation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Miquise Jones, a/k/a Scaife, 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering and narcotics conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. In addition, Shanna Smith, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of making false declarations before a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LEON C. VACCARELLI, 43, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating an investment scheme that defrauded individuals of approximately $1.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Northern District of California Charged 113 Cases.
