News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Cary man was arrested on the federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Late yesterday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina filed the charge by federal Criminal Complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Boston in relation to the seizure of over 10 kilograms of fentanyl and heroin in December 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Possessed two pounds of methamphetamine they intended to sell.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a suburban Chicago medical supply company was charged today with illegally price gouging customers seeking to purchase scarce N-95 masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RODERICK GLENN HOUSTON, JR., 36, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two former employees of eBay, Inc. pleaded guilty today to their roles in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Kenneth Wayne Hart, a/k/a Redds, Wayne Hawkins, Hawk, Big Daddy, Billy Reds, and Bill Red Hart, age 59, of Beltsville, Maryland, yesterday to 25 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, on federal charges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Twenty seven firearms stolen. GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls man today admitted to stealing firearms during a burglary of an outfitting store, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Carlyle Ray Wells, 25, pleaded guilty to theft of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee. Wells faces a maximum 10 years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Jesus Chaidez-Meza, age 40, residing in Baltimore, to 12 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Chaidez-Meza, a Mexican national, is a permanent legal resident of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U. S. Attorney Matthew Brehm (619) 546-8983. SAN DIEGO - Ryan W. Nelson of San Diego pleaded guilty in federal court today to three robberies, including two bank robberies and the armed robbery of a shoe store. Nelson entered his guilty pleas to the three...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: THURMONT, Md. National Park Service Rangers at Catoctin Mountain Park are seeking tips from the public to aid an investigation into a dog attack on a child that occurred in the park Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Howard Baxter Osgood, 78, of Gainesville, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of production of child pornography. As a part of his sentence, Osgood was fined $35,000 and was ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - An alleged member of a bank robbery crew, who was wanted by law enforcement for a bank robbery in Carson City, made his initial appearance yesterday in Reno federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., today announced more than $1.3 million in Department of Justice grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime and support youth programs in tribal communities in the District of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Macon Regional Crimestoppers launches new public safety social media effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ecuadorian man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to import several kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador into the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Benton, Ill. - The former assistant director of the Massac County Emergency Management Agency is.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Romando E. Welch, Sr. to 60 months in prison. Welch, a 45-year-old resident of Ferguson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three counts of being in possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Daniel Musso, 56, of Brentwood, was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing fragmentation grenades and explosive material, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. He was further ordered to pay a $7,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury has charged Matthew Sanchez and Francisco Javier Schraidt Rodriguez with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and alprazolam in connection with a scheme to transport the drugs from Mexico to California, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux.
