News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Return Preparer Pleads Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Perry H. Piper 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 elections. AUSA Piper has been appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, Timothy J. Downing, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, highlighted the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. Each U.S. Attorney’s Office is responsible for handling complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Dejah Demetrice Carlock is a former U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) intern. Carlock is a junior at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff majoring in agriculture with a concentration in animal science. After graduation she plans to continue her education at the Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a three-count indictment charging WILLIE JACKSON, 25, of New Haven, with firearm possession and narcotics distribution offenses.
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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William Y. Asiedu, age 27, of Albany, was sentenced today to time served (5 days in jail) and 3 years of supervised release, and to pay $445,333 in restitution, for his participation in a romance scam.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Central Oregon - Effective immediately, fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River National Grassland and Prineville District BLM have ended public fire use restrictions due to increased moisture, cooler temperatures and decreased daylight hours. Campfires are now allowed across the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and on Prineville District BLM lands not currently under a seasonal campfire restriction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk woman was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for being an illegal drug user in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Settlement Requires Developer to Increase Accessibility in 71 Buildings Encompassing More Than 6,000 Rental Apartments.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today praised the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for finalizing a rule on position limits for derivatives. The final rule passed by a vote of 3-2.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Thirty members of an alleged methamphetamine distribution ring have been charged with drug crimes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Robert Defreitas, formerly a sworn law enforcement officer with the Virgin Islands Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA), was sentenced to 41 months in prison for Travel Act Bribery and Solicitation of a Bribe by a Public Employee. Defreitas was convicted of these offenses following a jury trial in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - This week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These cases have been a Department priority since November...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On October 7, 2020, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 28 violent gang members with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and firearms violations, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) encourages public comment on a proposal to adjust winter operating dates and times in Yellowstone National Park. The park is proposing two adaptive management modifications to the 2012-2013 Winter Use Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)/ Record of Decision (ROD). The modifications include.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after tech giants...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Juan Daniel Martinez (38, Arcadia) to 15 years and 1 month in federal prison for possessing approximately six ounces of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and for possessing a loaded pistol and additional ammunition. Martinez, a previously convicted felon for armed kidnapping, had pleaded guilty on June 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A New Mexico man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for concealing 40 pounds of methamphetamine in his fuel tank.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Juan Daniel Martinez (38, Arcadia) to 15 years and 1 month in federal prison for possessing approximately six ounces of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and for possessing a loaded pistol and additional ammunition. Martinez, a previously convicted felon for armed kidnapping, had pleaded guilty on June 30, 2020.
