News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kenneth Roy Nester, age 26, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jack Lee, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for transporting child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lee to 66 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Lee will serve an eight-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that United States District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Michael Allen Worley, age 60, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 144 months in federal prison following his convictions for bank fraud and wire fraud. The Court further sentenced Worley...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Dylon Carpenter, a 23-year old Nicholson man.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel yesterday sentenced Saulina Helen Eady, age 38, of Los Angeles, California, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Twenty-Four Defendants, Including Alleged Aryan Circle Gang Members and Associates Indicted on Racketeering, Firearms, and Drug Charges in Multiple States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandis Nicole Fish, age 36, of Henryetta, Oklahoma was sentenced to 110 months’ imprisonment, and 4 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) officially requested additional documents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amid new reporting that the Trump administration intervened in a decision on...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Brian Moran today announced $4.9 million in Department of Justice grants to the Western District of Washington to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research, and help law enforcement identify missing persons. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), are part of $192 million in funding to advance forensic science nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-two people are facing charges in a multi-state organized drug trafficking enterprise dubbed the “19th Street Enterprise," U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darin Dawayne Tate, age 42, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park Rangers are asking for the public to provide information about a vandalism incident in the Scenic Drive area of the park’s west district. Law Enforcement Rangers received a report that multiple saguaro cacti were cut down along the Scenic Trail. Rangers responded and found eight saguaros ranging in height from 1ft to 10ft tall slashed or cut down. It is believed the damage occurred on or around October 3rd.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Leoncio Amuia Bald Eagle, age 28, Fort Yates, ND, for False Statement in Connection with Acquisition of a Firearm. The Indictment was unsealed today alleging that on March 12, 2019, Bald Eagle unlawfully acquired ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A medical device maker has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs by paying kickbacks to physicians and hospitals to induce the use of its products, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Today, 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. U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eric Michael Smith, 38, of Redding, has been charged with setting fire to lands owned by the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Michael Peoples, 27, of Milan, TN, has been sentenced to 49 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Katy man has entered a guilty plea to embezzling over $2 million from a local oil services company, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan. K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former musical director of “The Arsenio Hall Show" was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $1 million from a charity concert intended to raise money for children made homeless by wars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: J&F Investimentos S.A. (J&F), a Brazil-based investment company that owns and controls companies involved in multiple industries, including the meat and agriculture industry, has agreed to pay a criminal monetary penalty of $256,497,026 to resolve the department’s investigation into violations of the...
