News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - An Alabama livestock broker admitted he conducted cattle deals but never paid farmers money they were due, instead diverting the profits for his personal use, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Wilson Orlando Hercules, 33, an illegal alien from Honduras, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to Unlawful Reentry by an Alien Removed After Conviction of a Felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Diane Witte, Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement & Removal Operations in New Orleans.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hahn: We write to you today to request information on how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ensuring that phase three clinical trials will provide adequate data and information on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 drugs (including biologics) and vaccines in older adults.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the recently released 2017-2018 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), a survey of K-12 public schools carried out by the Department of Education each year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and felony possession of marijuana. Both charges stem from the defendant’s alleged involvement in a January traffic stop that led to the death of Newport News Police Officer Katie Thyne.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud was arrested today on federal charges of carrying out that very scheme by fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in jobless benefits, including by using stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged five Dayton individuals in the summer 2019 kidnapping and subsequent death of Kwasi Casey, whose body was later found in a detached garage on Fountain Ave. in Dayton.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson released the following statement in honor of World Food Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Raleigh man with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against an East Longmeadow man who was previously charged with placing an incendiary device at the entrance of a Jewish-sponsored senior health care organization. The superseding indictment adds an additional charge of lying to federal agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Edison Denizard (40, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Denizard faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Fled After Being Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of an Unregistered Fully Automatic Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down prison sentences ranging from 63 to 200 months in prison, to five individuals for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: The upper portion of Bear Lake Road, past the Glacier Gorge parking area, will be closed the week of October 19 for road work. This work is being done to mitigate the effects of a weeping spring that has caused damage to this section of road. This closure will begin late Sunday night, Oct. 18, and last through Friday, October 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - United States Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today that Assistant.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VINSON SINGLETON, JR., 26, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing several armed robberies in March 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, that SANDRA DUMAS, age 71, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with attempted bank robbery in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst today announced awards of over $8.6 million in Department of Justice grants to fight drug abuse and addiction in the Southern District of Mississippi. 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 16, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - United States Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Alan T. Simpson 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. Simpson has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Malicious Destruction of Property by Fire, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
