News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Colombian national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A Big Spring restaurateur who illegally employed undocumented immigrants was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Members of Congress, Senators, White House staff, state leaders and law enforcement participated in virtual session.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: A Georgia Department of Corrections officer and her convicted-felon boyfriend were sentenced to federal prison for possession of drugs packaged for smuggling into prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service has signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for the GRTE001 Concessions Services Prospectus Development Environmental Assessment. The purpose of the plan was to analyze potential new construction and facility improvements in the upcoming commercial services prospectus of the park’s largest concession contract, currently held by Grand Teton Lodge Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A payday loan company owner pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for defrauding money transmitting companies by failing to remit to them, as promised, nearly $1 million of wire transfers sent on behalf of his customers over just two weeks.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Martinez, CA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) is increasing access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews sentenced Charles Esham, a 61-year old former physician, to 70 months in prison for issuing illegal oxycodone prescriptions over a two-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for providing false information in connection with the acquisition of firearms from a licensed dealer, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Five indictments in three different states were unsealed today indicting a total of twenty-four defendants, including alleged Aryan Circle (AC) gang members and associates, on charges of racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug conspiracy, and unlawful firearms trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew West Nix, age 33, of Morris, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1112, 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 8 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Cows and horses aren't the only fans of alfalfa. Yellow perch like it, too.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-22. Oct. 15, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the South Carolina Clemson University’s Department of Plant ...
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Committee, released the following statement applauding the announcement that additional Belarusian officials involved in efforts to undermine Belarusian democracy will face U.S. sanctions for the recent sham presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An American citizen was charged in two indictments unsealed this week for his alleged participation in an investment fraud scheme in which he allegedly misappropriated $6.1 million in investor-funds, manufactured evidence to mislead an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and concealed the proceeds of his fraudulent scheme from the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Magnolia resident has been sentenced to the maximum sentences allowed by federal law following his conviction of coercion and enticement as well as production and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for providing false information in connection with the acquisition of firearms from a licensed dealer, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kristopher Wade Parker, 36, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Oct. 14 in federal court to five-and-a-half years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Also Admitted that he Viewed and Shared Child Pornography, and Discussed the Sexual Exploitation of Children on Various Online Services and Applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Virginia - A Bristol, Virginia man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to three federal gun charges related to offenses occurring in both the Western District of Virginia and the Western District of North Carolina. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar of the ...
