News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three men have been charged with various sex offenses after attempting to have sexual contact with individuals they believed to be children they met online, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea welcomed U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy, Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier, and National Family Partnership President Peggy Sapp for the unveiling of the Drug Free USA Forever stamp at DEA headquarters today. The stamp promotes drug abuse prevention and helps raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Department of the Interior yesterday signed a record of decision on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.’s proposed Willow Master Development Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A Washington State man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking over $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - United States Attorneys Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi and William C. Lamar of the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that they have appointed District Election Officers (“DEO") in their respective Districts to lead the efforts of their offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
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: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Dejuan Evans, 30, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 288 months in prison for two carjackings and related firearms offenses. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. also ordered Evans to serve five years under court supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is asking the public to submit tips leading to the identity and location of a man dubbed, the “Scaredy Crook" who struck a bank in Humble the week of Halloween. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) is rolling out major updates to its use of location intelligence that could change the way work is done at the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: District Election Officers Appointed to Receive Reports of and Prosecute Fraud and Voting Rights Abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A California man was sentenced to prison today for making violent threats toward The Ohio State University and its football players during the 2018 Ohio State v. Michigan game.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James Workman, age 32, of Conquest, New York, was arrested today and charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon on October 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: A couple from Detroit was charged today with participating in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Visitors to Lake Mead may experience delays along Lakeshore Road, due to a repaving project from November 2-30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Maine Man Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - On Oct. 20, 2020, three co-conspirators were arrested on the federal charge of conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture, possess, and distribute various weapons, ammunition, and suppressors. Liam Montgomery Collins, 21, and Paul James Kryscuk, 35, recently of Boise, Idaho, were charged via...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced the establishment of an Election Day hotline in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the general election on Nov. 3, 2020. The hotline number is (603) 230-2503.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MARVEL FRANCOIS (“FRANCOIS"), age 51, of Houma, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE-Fritz Kramer was sentenced today to 108 months in prison, and ordered to pay $7,956,267 in restitution, following convictions for wire fraud and commodities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge.
