News from October 2020
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 USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Florida Cool Cargo Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to five produce sellers in the amount of $115,806 from May 2019 through July 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VLADIMIR ZISKIND was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for participating in a scheme to use false statements to promote and sell worthless stock in various companies.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the need for the next stimulus package to include expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC)...
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: PORTLAND, Ore.- United States Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Austin Rice-Stitt will lead local efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020 general election. AUSA Rice-Stitt...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Michael Savage in Charlotte, and Richard Edwards in Asheville, will lead the efforts of their 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: Jackson, TN - Anne Taylor Davis, 28, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Robert Mosakowski will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA Mosakowski...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL BOBOWSKI, 45, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 32 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervise release, for distributing d-methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as “meth," “ice" and other street names.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Former Correctional Dietary Officer Chanel Pierce, age 27, of Pikesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal racketeering conspiracy in connection with her work at the Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI). The conspiracy included former correctional officers, inmates, and outside “facilitators," for paying bribes to correctional officers to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Oct. 13, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 16, 2020 -- President Donald Trump proclaimed this week National School Lunch Week 2020, highlighting the vital role of school nutrition professionals in ensuring that children in all communities nationwide continue to get nutritious meals, despite the challenges posed by the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - James Piccirilli, age 39, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, was arrested on Oct. 13, 2020, in New Salisbury, Indiana. Piccirilli was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2020, by U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanie Thacker, sitting by designation in Baltimore, to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Patricia Jones 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. AUSA Jones has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Charges filed in connection with a June 2019 murder-suicide in Devine, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A North Carolina man convicted of the April 2018 illegal entry and vandalism of Submarine Base Kings Bay has been sentenced to federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Today U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger provided an update on the status of Project Guardian-DMV, our strategic effort to reduce violent crime and further enforce federal firearms laws across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Adrian Morris, M.D., age 64, a Clifton Park, New York, psychiatrist specializing in addiction recovery, pled guilty today to distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - David Eugene Bangs, 56, of Biloxi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to escape from federal custody, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Mark Shepard, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi.
