News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that the U.S. District Court in Asheville has ordered the forfeiture of a residence located at 129 Reservoir Ridge Drive, in Cullowhee, N.C., used to facilitate extensive drug activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Event: News conference to announce Operation Rubber Stamp and significant milestones in prosecution of telemedicine fraud in Georgia and South Carolina.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: * Sleep Product Manufacturer Pays Back Wages to Tennessee Employee Wrongly Denied Paid Sick Leave After Coronavirus Diagnosis - A Columbus, Ohio-based sleep product manufacturer has paid $868 in back wages after wrongly denying emergency paid sick leave to an employee at its Gallatin, Tennessee, location who self-quarantined after receiving a coronavirus diagnosis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Former Resident of Stockton, California Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Human Trafficking Convictions Related to Forced Labor of Foreign Nationals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: A man who robbed two Tulsa banks, claiming to have a bomb and firearms, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Schonrock, who had three prior felony convictions, was harboring a fugitive when caught in possession of a stolen handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sharmistha Barai, 40, formerly of Stockton, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 2 to 15 years and eight months in prison for forced labor violations. In addition, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ordered more than $15,000 in restitution to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Red Stone Gorilla Bloods Associate Participated in Narcotics Trafficking and Murder on the East End of Long Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Thomas Hegarty, 26, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted bank robbery and robbery charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester City, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute and selling oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax and defrauding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Dana Q. Roush, 40, and her husband Michael “Bubba" Roush, 56, both of Greenville, were sentenced to a total of seventeen years in federal prison and ordered to pay back more than $2.5 million after a jury...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: On October 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) wildlife damage management program, Wildlife Services (WS), posted its annual Program Data Reports (PDR) for fiscal year 2019. The reports are available on the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) webpage, representing ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Vice Chairwoman of the Subcommittee, released a video report pressing for a national moratorium on water shutoffs and immediate restoration of service for homes that have already had their water shut off.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Vermillion, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Defendant admits stealing ventilator and bronchoscopes and selling for a fraction of their value on eBay.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national who previously resided in Dorchester was sentenced today for drug crimes related to his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed cocaine and fentanyl throughout Boston and Cape Cod.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN-Election Day 2020 is four weeks away, and the FBI is charged with protecting the rights of all Americans, including their right to vote.
