News from October 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that Executive Assistant Administrator Kimberly Walton was named as a 2020 recipient of the prestigious Roger W. Jones Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Edward Lee Thomas, 48, of Perkinston, pled guilty yesterday, before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to producing images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Gilbert Trill, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: In El Paso, the federal grand jury indicted 39-year-old Allan Francisco Castrillo Bastos, a citizen of Costa Rica residing in El Paso, in connection with a scheme to steal over $1 million from dozens of unsuspecting individuals who believed they had won the lottery and had to pay a tax in advance of receiving their winnings. On Wednesday, Castrillo Bastos waived arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges contained in the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SAJID JAVED, an owner and operator of a number of pharmacies in the New York City area, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for using his pharmacies to submit more than $7.1 million in fraudulent...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Extensive search efforts over ten days have not located Dr. Sam Dubal who went missing while hiking in the Mowich Lake area of Mount Rainier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gage Hayden Ross, age 22, of Oktaha, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault With Intent To Commit Murder In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(1), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging MIGUEL EDUARDO DEL REAL, 25, GERALD ALLEN JENSEN, 57, IVAN LOPEZ, 25, JUAN JOSE PANIAGUA JR., 24, and AARON MICHAEL STENQUIST, 49 with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The defendants will be arraigned in U.S. District Court before a Magistrate Judge at a later date.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) released a series of public-awareness products today designed to help veterans and other Americans identify disinformation and prevent its spread. The products include posters and other...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a teleconference- negotiation session with designated Central Valley Project Friant and Delta contractors for a water service contract conversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Kenyada Jaqu, 45, of Columbia, was convicted following a jury trial in federal court for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Defendant led police on car chase along Storrow Drive and onto Tobin Bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey today announced over $1.2 million in Department of Justice grants for Arizona, part of more than $43 million total awarded to more than 50 institutions, agencies, and organizations for research and evaluation projects that identify data-driven programs for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Meadows, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Donald Noel Smith, of Oakland, Maryland, have admitted to their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The credentials, standards, and design communities are invited to attend a virtual community engagement event presenting the stage 1 finalists for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trusted User Interface (UI) Digital Wallets Challenge. The event, hosted by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), will also kick off the second stage of the prize challenge, which has a total prize purse of $25,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Charles Owens Parker, Jr., age 47, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon in Possession of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Riverside man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the Inland Empire and for providing assault rifles later used in the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack that killed 14 people.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Savon Barnes, 28, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, fentanyl, possessing with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activity. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Seth Henry Thomas, age 22, of Okemah, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Arson In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 81, 2, 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 25 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Williams, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation plans to temporarily close the Delta Cross Channel gates at 4 p.m. October 28. The closure is related to a lower Mokelumne River pulse flow to help prevent adult fall run Chinook salmon from being diverted off their migratory route from the Mokelumne River into the Sacramento River. The gates are scheduled to re-open at 10 a.m. October 31.
