News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - The United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Arnold Malone, 44, of St. Thomas, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Zachary C. Wood (age: 45) of Merrimac, Wisconsin, was charged via a criminal complaint following his Oct. 12, 2020, arrest by local and federal authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime and Explosives Charges for Plotting to Blow up Synagogue.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Christina E. Nolan, announced today the results of an 18-month multi-agency enforcement operation targeting the illegal trafficking of firearms and drugs between Vermont and Western Massachusetts. “Operation Fury Road" was a sustained state-wide ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally...
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Federal Arrest for an El Paso Man for Assaulting a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Oct. 13, 2020, BRIAN STEPHENS, a/k/a “Toomer," age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced for possessing firearms after felony convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Today U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank provided an update on the status of Project Guardian, a Department of Justice initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Project Guardian is a complement to the Department’s longstanding Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) anti-violence program, and focuses on investigating, prosecuting and preventing gun crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: My name is Elana Suttenberg, and I am the Special Counsel for Legislative Affairs at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. I thank you for the opportunity to appear today to share the Office’s views regarding the proposed legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that earlier today, Miguel Batista, Jr. pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) with intent to distribute in federal court. Sentencing is scheduled for February 4, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Lamont Jamerson, age 34, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that an Ohio man was sentenced for drug and gun crimes. Keenan Watson, 24, of Dayton, was sentenced to 12 years -- 144 months -- in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After completing his prison sentence, he will serve five years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
Release: To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective 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 Industry, is placing 58.6 square miles under quarantine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Officials Announce International Operation Targeting Transnational Criminal Organization QQAAZZ that Provided Money Laundering Services to High-Level Cybercriminals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man working as a contract custodian at a U.S. Post Office in Maplewood, New Jersey, was arrested today for bank fraud and theft of government property, including stealing nearly $15,000 in checks and cash from the Maplewood Post Office and fraudulently depositing the checks, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the Southern District of Georgia were chosen to provide training on human trafficking to a nationwide audience of leaders and law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader and Matthew D. Krueger announced today the Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) who will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general...
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: Chukwuemeka Okparaeke Netted Millions by Distributing Fentanyl Analogues and Synthetic Opioids Through a Darknet Marketplace and the United States Mail, Completing Over 7,000 Sales.
