News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach woman pleaded guilty today to an internet-based loan scam that cheated approximately 1,700 victims out of over $1.2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA kicked off its 2020 National Red Ribbon Campaign earlier this month with its first-ever virtual National Red Ribbon Rally. This year’s theme is “Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free" and the rally’s guest speaker was Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier. A Doctor of Pharmacy student at Virginia...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it has authorized $500 million for a fourth round of purchases for the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program. USDA is issuing solicitations for the fourth round to existing Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) holders and expects to award contracts by Oct. 30 for deliveries of food boxes from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Devon Lamar Lockridge, 34, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Lockridge was charged as a result of a traffic stop in Beckley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Davion Marques Toney, 28, of Cheraw, and Antonio Terrell Anderson, 28, of Lamar, were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Toney was sentenced to 10 years, and Anderson was sentenced to five years.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: PRATTVILLE, Ala., Oct. 23, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $37 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Alabama. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Samantha Perez-Juarez today to a term of imprisonment of 80 months. Perez-Juarez will serve a 5-year term of supervised release following her release from the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Mark Kevin Dodson, age 51, 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: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart, along with Special Agent in Charge Maureen R. Dixon, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and Special Agent in Charge Derek Pickle, United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores wants Oklahomans to know how to rid their homes of unused and unwanted medications. Saturday, Oct. 24, starting at 10 a.m., the public can take those prescriptions to a DEA National Drug Take Back location in northeastern Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office will deploy personnel to monitor Los Angeles County vote centers for their compliance with federal accessibility law for people with physical disabilities during the election period that begins October 24 and continues through November 3.
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: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, Dr. D’livro Lemat Beauchamp, 54, of Montgomery, Alabama, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to unlawfully distribute oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced 30 new national recreation trails in 25 states, adding more than 1,275 miles to the National Trails System. The secretary made the announcement from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, where he designated 76 miles of the Colorado River within Lake Mead National Recreation Area as a national water trail.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds producers that the deadline to submit applications for disaster recovery assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) for 2018 and 2019 losses is Friday, Oct. 30. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) launched a new tool on farmers.gov to help producers with the application process.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting on Laguna Pueblo.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: DOYLE, Calif. - Up to 200 riders are expected to participate in a series of motorcycle races Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15, at the Fort Sage Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Doyle. Trail access will only be available to participants while the races are underway.
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: Investigation by multi-agency fraud task force results in 50th arrest since July 2018.
