News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today called on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold an emergency hearing before November 3 on Big Tech’s censorship and election interference.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Yarnell Qudellious Payne, age 36, of Muskogee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for Failure To Register As Sex Offender, in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that José Antonio Luna Benscome, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones to 30 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for child pornography offenses. The defendant’s sentence also requires him to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant Participated in Two Murders in Which the Victims were Beheaded, Dismembered and Buried in Shallow Graves.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Helped Traffic Over Five Kilograms of Ice Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan Jr., will be joined by federal, state, and local partners to discuss violent crime efforts and prosecutions of firearm-related charges in FY2020.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $27 million in funding for 12 projects that will support the development of advanced plastics recycling technologies and new plastics that are recyclable-by-design. As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - William Frank Perry, 49, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crack cocaine and marijuana. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Schroder announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Kelly Cavanaugh 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 Cavanaugh...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: As a reminder, people who have already responded to the 2020 Census may get multiple visits or phone calls from U.S. Census Bureau employees to verify that they responded, or to check addresses and other information. This is normal operating procedure. The 2020 Census operation is designed to be comprehensive and thorough. In many cases, we complete multiple checks to be sure we have collected accurate information and are counting people in the right place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Detroit man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a large-scale, multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy. Antoine Eltorio Terry, 43, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Alabama Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Titus Miller, 27, of Lincoln was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf for five counts of production of child pornography. Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison on each count which will be served consecutively to equal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant captured on video stealing rifle, torching car, then loses rifle in fight. Firearm is later returned to Seattle Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man pleaded guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - Members of the Eastern Pennsylvania U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Troy Elliot Keys, 19, for armed robbery and related charges, at approximately 9:15 a.m. in an apartment complex located in the 2000 block of Veterans Highway, Levittown Pennsylvania. Keys was wanted for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Possessed and Used Unemployment Debit Cards Obtained Through Identity Theft and Mail Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Painting Had Been in Canajoharie Museum Since 1934.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Christopher John Streeter (63, Land O’ Lakes) today pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor under the age of 14. He faces a mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Harlan Billie, 30, of Ganado, Arizona, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 50 months in prison for sexually abusing a minor. Billie was also sentenced to lifetime supervised release and is required to register as a sex offender. Billie previously pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
