News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the Bronx borough of New York City, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years’ imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years on his conviction of charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Plans for the winter federal subsistence hunt for moose in a portion of Unit 11 were announced on October 8 by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. For the 2020 hunt, the harvest quota is 7 bull moose.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
Release: BILLINGS, Montana - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Billings International Airport (BIL) is now using new technology in the security checkpoint that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey today announced awards of over $1.6 million in Department of Justice grants to develop and improve systems to register and track sex offenders in Arizona. Awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, these grants help states, U.S. territories...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Frank Salerno, 31, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who was convicted of receiving child pornography, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison by U.S. Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU-Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd., the owner of the Japanese-flagged fishing vessel, M.V. Kyoshin Maru No. 20, plead guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to aiding and abetting the attempted export of shark fins out of Hawaii in violation of the Lacey Act, the Department of Justice announced today. The company’s attorney entered the guilty plea in person in Honolulu on behalf of the company, and company representatives appeared by video from Japan.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
Release: Passengers are bringing firearms to checkpoints across the state of Florida at a disproportionally higher rate than last year when there were far more passengers traveling. Four additional guns were stopped this morning by Transportation Security Administration officers with one each at Miami, Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Orlando and St. Pete-Clearwater international airports. All four guns were loaded; two had ammunition chambered.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From Bank Robberies in Westminster and Thornton, Colorado.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Nathan Haymer, age 42, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to federal program theft. As a result of his guilty plea, Haymer faces a significant term of imprisonment, fines, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Michael David was arrested for distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
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: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Tim Icenhower, 58, of Marshall, Texas, the Owner and President of Icenhower Oil and Gas, Inc. (IOG) in Bossier City, Louisiana, pled guilty today to unlawful employment of aliens. In addition, IOG pled guilty to one count of harboring aliens. The hearing was before United States District Judge Donald E. Walter.
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: ST. LOUIS - This week the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrested 15 people in several states linked to an organized multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Robert Patrick Chiefstick, 45, of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 121 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Chiefstick serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Chiefstick pleaded guilty to the charge on June 17, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: The big day is approaching! Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) celebrates its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, October 21. Although it’s not the way the National Park Service planned to honor the big day, there will be plenty of opportunities to join in the fun. Focusing on a virtual...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority, Charleston, West Virginia, to make infrastructure improvements needed to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Nine law enforcement and community representatives were recognized today for their outstanding work in the greater Wheeling area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores today announced the results of the October 2020 Federal Grand Jury A. The grand jury returned 26 unsealed and 3 sealed indictments.
