News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Jeremiah Farmer, 39, of Hammond, Indiana, and a member of various Indiana factions of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to life in prison following his conviction at trial in July 2019 of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 42-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of money laundering through wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger today announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Good Neighbor Homes, Inc. (GNHI), which operates more than 50 group homes for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD) in Virginia, and is the largest group home operator in Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Stephen Gordon Wood, 41, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to five years in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is set to begin cleanup of a first-of-a-kind experimental reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Steven M. Fitch, age 25, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson for being in unlawful possession of a destructive device. Sentencing has been scheduled for Jan. 20, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. before the Honorable Brian C. Buescher. Fitch faces a maximum punishment of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Five members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang were sentenced in Charlotte, North Carolina, after standing trial on federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy and other charges. These defendants’ sentences are the culmination of a prosecution that charged 83 UBN gang members in the Western District of North Carolina with RICO conspiracy and other crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Devan Andrew Martinez, 33, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on Oct. 23 for arraignment on an indictment charging him with illegal possession of a firearm. Martinez has previously been convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, JAYLON JOHNSON, age 23, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. JOHNSON is charged with Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Committed the Crimes While Awaiting Trial for a Robbery Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Keith Raniere, the founder and leader of Nxivm, was sentenced today to 120 years in prison by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in federal court in Brooklyn. Raniere was convicted by a federal jury in June 2019 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Khasigian will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Eastern District of California in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the Nov. 3 general...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tamara Jo Nyachira, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was sentenced today to three years’ probation, a $5,000 fine and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to obtaining narcotic opioid prescription drugs with forged prescriptions before Chief United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Jeremiah Farmer, 39, of Hammond, Indiana, and a member of various Indiana factions of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to life in prison following his conviction at trial in July 2019 of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began underwater vacuuming to remove resin from a reactor’s spent nuclear fuel cores.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-five people from four states are facing charges in a drug trafficking operation that dealt with methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ivan Rempel, age 76, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 30, 2020, by a federal grand jury on one count of tax evasion and nine counts of failure to pay and account for employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Ihor Radionov (51, Alpharetta, Georgia) pursuant to an indictment charging him with conspiracy and smuggling goods out of the United States in violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. If convicted on all counts, Radionov faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. On Oct. 26, 2020, Radionov made his first appearance in federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: For many Alaska Natives, arctic and circumpolar climates present unique building science challenges for maintaining a dry, warm, and energy-efficient home.
