News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Greensboro, North Carolina, business owner was sentenced to 42 months in prison yesterday for failing to pay employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Roanoke, VA - National Park Service officials announced today that a small section of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke, Virginia is open after temporary repairs were completed to mitigate a small slope failure. The parkway has reopened from Milepost 115.5 (Explore Park entrance) to Milepost 121.4 (U.S. 220). Park visitors and drivers in this section should anticipate a shifted lane alignment, warning signs, new pavement markings and a regulatory speed reduction to 35 mph.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. A Department priority since 2019 when Attorney General William P. Barr created the Department of Justice’s first ever-Domestic Violence Working...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Valdez Williams (61, Altamonte Springs) guilty of one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Williams faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Two militant fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization, are expected to arrive in the United States today in FBI custody on charges related to their participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens, as well as the deaths of British and Japanese nationals, in Syria.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.9 million grant to the city of Hamburg, Iowa, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses along the Missouri River from flooding. The EDA grant, to be matched with $1.9 million in local investment, is expected to create or retain 349 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Austin Pratt, 32, of Conesus, NY, pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two militant fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization, arrived here today in FBI custody on charges related to their alleged participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens, as well as the deaths of British and Japanese nationals, in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. A Department priority since 2019 when Attorney General William P. Barr created the Department of Justice’s first ever-Domestic Violence Working...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy and Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education joined with Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Riverside County man who allegedly wore medical masks over his face during a month-long robbery spree of Inland Empire pharmacies was indicted today on federal criminal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Raymont Harris was sentenced to 68 months in prison for committing fentanyl and heroin trafficking and gun crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Valencia County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Join FBI Violent Crime Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Kimber Jac Marston, 44, of Boise, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 13 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Marston to pay a $1,000 fine and serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Marston pleaded guilty to the charge on July 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey accepted a plea, today, from Gabriel Trevino. The 35 year old pleaded guilty to the production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.7 million grant to Franklin County, Virginia, to support business growth by improving roadway infrastructure within the Summit View Business Park. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. A Department priority since 2019 when Attorney General William P. Barr created the Department of Justice’s first ever-Domestic Violence Working Group, these ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Rahim Amin, 36, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 15 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Mark A. Kearney for his role in a large scale drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANIEL VANSLYKE, age 34, of Slocomb, Alabama, was sentenced to 16 months of imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo in the Eastern District of Louisiana. VANSLYKE had previously pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Murdo, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of Methamphetamine was sentenced on October 6, 2020, by U.S. Magistrate Mark A. Moreno.
