News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Des Moines, IA-On October 9, 2020, Jesse Jay Walker, age 32, of Des Moines, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey and was sentenced to 30 months in prison for escape and was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Walker pleaded guilty to the offense on June 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Riverside County woman was arrested today on federal charges that she defrauded California’s unemployment insurance system by using stolen personal information obtained from the darknet to fraudulently receive more than a half-million dollars in COVID-19 unemployment benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement after militia extremists were arrested in Michigan on domestic terrorism-related charges. The right-wing, anti-government accelerationists wanted to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, overthrow the state government, and start a civil war.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office prevailed in a habeas class action brought by law firms WilmerHale and Todd & Weld LLP seeking the release of over 150 detainees awaiting trial on federal charges, including serious drug and gun crimes, on the ground that continued detention was unconstitutional because of the threat to health and safety posed by COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - After a four-day trial, a jury has found Rodriquies M. Evans and Cedric L. Douglas, both of Columbus, Ohio, guilty of charges involving methamphetamine distribution that spanned multiple states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant manufactured untraceable guns and ordered silencers from China while on Federal Supervision for previous illegal firearms conviction.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The natural gas industry, with its large number of stakeholders and complex supply chain interactions, represents a great opportunity for end-to-end digitization with potential for significant cost savings and business opportunities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, appeared on “America’s Newsroom" Friday to discuss his recent op-ed about efforts to undermine the Trump administration and his committee’s work to declassify and provide information relevant to its investigations. Excerpts from the senator’s conversation are below and video from the interview can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, ME - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a Turner man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for manufacturing 100 or more marijuana plants, possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, possessing an unregistered silencer and transferring property subject to forfeiture.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation plans to temporarily close the Delta Cross Channel gates at 4 p.m. on October 13. The closure is related to a lower Mokelumne River pulse flow to help prevent adult fall run Chinook salmon from being diverted off their migratory route from the Mokelumne River into the Sacramento River. The gates are scheduled to re-open at 10 a.m. on October 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK-On October 7, 2020, the FBI Anchorage Field Office Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), arrested Margus Gipson, a/k/a “Melly Mel," 35, of Compton, California, pursuant to a federal arrest warrant issued in a FBI Los Angeles’ investigation known as “Operation Klondike.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Markeis Ivy, 24, has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Luray, Virginia: October is a popular time to visit Shenandoah National Park, typically garnering nearly a quarter of the Park’s annual visitation of 1.4 million. The Park is experiencing higher than usual visitation with numbers up for the year about 10% despite a closure in the spring due to the COVID...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department today sued a Monmouth County, New Jersey, company for allegedly defrauding the United States by falsely claiming to be eligible for more than $16.5 million in government contracts set aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORDAN FLYTHE, also known as “T," 28, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, fentanyl and cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced an award of $638,975 in a Department of Justice grant to support direct services to children who are crime victims as a result of the nation's addiction crisis. Today’s award in the Southern District of West Virginia is part of more...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the leader and final member of an Arkansas-based drug trafficking organization was sentenced in the Western District of Arkansas to 25 years in prison on Oct. 6 for conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today Royal Elk Park Management as the selected concessionaire bid for the Putah Canyon Recreation Area business opportunity at Lake Berryessa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS Nev. - A man made his initial appearance in federal court today for impersonating a law enforcement officer during a May 2020 protest relating to the death of George Floyd, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).