News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BOISE - United States Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Raymond Patricco, Jack Haycock, and Traci Whelan will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NIXA, Mo., Oct. 22, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $91.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Missouri. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs or the Company), a global financial institution headquartered in New York, New York, and Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (GS Malaysia), its Malaysian subsidiary, have admitted to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jayson Fernandez Butay, 25, of Sacramento, charging him with production and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging DEBRAN MOORE, also known as Debran Chanel...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An alleged crime family associate today admitted possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, has returned the following indictments. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va.- Adam Kimball, a man from outside of Virginia with ties to California and South Dakota, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following his wife’s sentencing, Satish Kartan, 46, currently residing in Sacramento, was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison for forced labor violations. In addition, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ordered $15,657 be paid in restitution to three victims, in part to cover their back wages and other losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VANCE COLLINS, a/k/a “Big AK," and RAMON RAMIREZ, a/k/a “Obendy," were found guilty of hiring gang members to murder an individual believed to be having an affair with RAMIREZ’s wife. COLLINS was also...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day jury trial with proper COVID-19 health and safety protocols, Jeremy Fields, 35, was found guilty as charged for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty verdict in what was the second post-COVID-19 federal trial held in Memphis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Derwin Williams, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on Oct. 21 in federal court in Albuquerque to three years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Beau Thomas Upton, age 30, of Richland, Washington, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to production of child pornography. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr., sentenced Upton...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: OCEAN SPRINGS, MS - Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed damage assessments and all Mississippi barrier islands are now open for visitor access, except the Ship Island pier remains closed due to Hurricane Sally damage and the Ship Island facilities including restrooms and the water system are...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice District of Wyoming Press Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Matthew Blaine Till, 33, a former officer of the Selma Police Department, pled guilty before United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock on Sept. 25, 2020 to three felony counts of obstruction of justice by corrupt persuasion of a witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at locations across the country, including several within the Middle District of Georgia, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: A man claiming to have been seeking the elusive Forrest Fenn treasure has been indicted by a federal grand jury after he was found digging in the historic Fort Yellowstone Cemetery. RODRICK DOW CRAYTHORN was indicted on Sept. 16, 2020 on charges of excavating or trafficking in archeological resources and injury or depredation to United States property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Zachary A. Jones (22, Tampa) to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Jones to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Mohammed Shahbaz Khan, age 45, of Bourbonnais, Illinois was indicted for making false claims in connection with his receipt of money from the Hardest Hit Fund, a federal mortgage assistance initiative offered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
