News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: FBI Sacramento Reminds Public About Election Security and Malign Foreign Influence in Advance of 2020 General Election.
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 Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Five days of searching at Mount Rainier National Park have so far failed to result in finding a Seattle-area hiker who went missing last week. National park rangers, Mountain Rescue volunteers, Pierce County Explorer volunteers, the Washington State Search and Rescue Planning Unit, search dogs, drones, and helicopter crews from both the National Park Service (NPS) and US Air Force have all contributed to the effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - Every year the Department of Justice observes National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Commemorated in the United States since 1987, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month educates the public, recognizes and honors victims and survivors, and connects service providers across the country.
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: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Nick Hanna in Los Angeles and United States Attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. in San Diego today announced the results of a coordinated operation conducted over the last three months that resulted in hundreds of kilograms of dangerous narcotics being taken off the streets of Southern California.
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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wakonda, 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Northern District of West Virginia Charged 75 defendants.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Charges Follow Coordinated Strategic, Intelligence-Based Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that two felons appeared in federal court this week for gun crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two alleged ranking members off the Bloods street gang have been charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl and heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The final two of eight defendants in a $44 million money-laundering case were convicted today when they pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court. Another co-conspirator was sentenced today in federal court as well. Local and federal law enforcement, working in conjunction, spent years investigating large-scale narcotics traffickers in an effort that ultimately brought down the money-laundering ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) have been appointed to 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 Michelle Englade...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, along with the Bureau of Land Management and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, will host a virtual public meeting on the Trinity River Restoration Program’s proposed Oregon Gulch channel rehabilitation project in Trinity County on November 5.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: DENVER - Today U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the conclusion to a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension of 25 at-large aliens in Colorado where sanctuary policies have largely prohibited the cooperation of law enforcement agencies in the arrest of criminal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Mark J. Gerber Named Assistant Director of the Office of Internal Auditing.
