News from October 2020
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 million grant to the town of Exmore, Virginia, to build a new flood-resistant wastewater treatment plant that will increase the city’s capacity to protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging 10 alleged members of the Eight Tray Gangsta (ETG) Crips gang in Baltimore with racketeering and drug conspiracies, murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, robbery, and related firearms charges. The superseding indictment was returned on Sept. 30, 2020, and unsealed upon the arrest of six of the defendants. Four other defendants were already in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Dr. Ashu Joshi to 96 months in prison for distribution of child pornography. The 48-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following the conviction on Oct. 2, 2020, Larry W. Hutchins, 37, of Kingsport, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, for his participation in the distribution of methamphetamine and the possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Magnolia man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions in relation to the December 2019 shootings of a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier and a Costco gas station attendant, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers took custody of Fernando Olea-Prado, 25, a self-described leader of the Sureños (Sur 13) street gang, in Corona, New York, Oct. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident who admitted to receiving and distributing child pornography over Kik Messenger with other users was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to eight years in federal prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Las Vegas Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Tax Return Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of installing new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Philadelphia International Airport as part of the agency’s continuing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In response to reports that FBI surveillance aircraft and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) personnel, including sniper teams, were deployed to Pearland, Texas to surveil the funeral service of George Floyd, House Judiciary Committee Chairman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcos D. Guzman, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and fraudulent representations about the receipt of military medals, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
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: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James Whittemore has sentenced Shelley Devaughn Cook (42, Ocala) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Cook to forfeit the firearm and all ammunition associated with the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Award Part of Over $1.8 Billion in Justice Department Funding Announced by Attorney General Barr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Owner of North Carolina Temporary Staffing Firms Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of the Rockstar Burgers restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, is among 18 defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine and more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million. Most of the defendants are also charged with illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Jake Seright, 40, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 132 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
