News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the 2020 recipients of the second annual U.S. Attorney’s Office “Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice" Awards. Sixty-seven law enforcement officials and community leaders are being honored for their outstanding work and selfless contributions in the pursuit of truth and justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgar Barrera, 31, of Fresno, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: In Waco today, a federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Jeremiah Hector Marquez to 327 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a Waco-based methamphetamine distribution operation. Marquez’s sentencing was the final sentence handed down in this indictment. All 20 indicted defendants were convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield today to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Boulder City resident made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday for allegedly assaulting his significant other at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Washington County, Utah, resident was sentenced to federal prison today for failing to comply with sex offender supervision and registration requirements designed to protect the community from predatory acts, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Carlos Matchett, 30, of Atlantic City, NJ; Khalif Miller, 25, of Philadelphia, PA; and Anthony David Ale Smith, 29, of Philadelphia, PA, have been charged by Indictment for the arson of a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) vehicle...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: TOLEDO, Ohio - U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman, Toledo Police Chief George Kral and ATF Special Agent in Charge Roland Herndon announced today that Operation Red-Zone will be active in the city of Toledo over the Halloween weekend beginning Friday, Oct. 30, and running through Monday morning, November 2.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - As part of the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting responsible energy development, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico raised $3,132,946 in its oil and gas lease sale held Oct. 29, 2020. Nearly 50 percent of the revenue from the sale will go to the states where the oil and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Shon Brian Beck, age 56, of Eldersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of production and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE-Sean Dunham, age 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Holly A. Brady after his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: A Midland man tied to bank robberies in Lubbock, Odessa, and Abilene has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. -A compounding pharmacy based in Nicholasville, and its owner, admitted on Thursday in federal court to unlawful distribution of compounded prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Karen E. Ramm, age 54, of Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2020, to one year plus one day imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release by Chief United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that members of a major international drug trafficking organization, including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl into Oregon between 2018 and 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, and other forms of emotional abuse by a current or former intimate partner or spouse is a serious problem that affects millions of Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Harrah Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four South Dakota counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha and Turner counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Colombian national residing in Lighthouse Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with submitting more than $109 million in false and fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment (DME) such as arm, back, knee and shoulder braces.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a woman from carrying a loaded.22 caliber handgun and a magazine with nine bullets onto an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Wednesday.
