News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Neil Dunn, a/k/a David Neil Dunn, Jr, age 20, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Use, Carry, and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, in violation...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before their committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man has been charged with conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including tobacco, cell phone chargers, and a cell phone, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: After careful examination, a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit from Norfolk, Virginia confirmed that the object discovered on a Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach in Buxton, North Carolina this morning is a live military ordnance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted two men on robbery and weapons offenses for stealing expensive watches and jewelry at gunpoint from a Hinsdale store.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rhyan O. Stewart, 47, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a weapon, was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: A Dallas man plead guilty today to charges in connection with placing a hoax bomb on a Dallas railroad track, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and William R. Keating, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s pending withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced codefendants Ashley Rose Yellowbear, 28, Kristen Jade Antelope, 27, Rusty Tso Tabaho, 28, and Samuel Harold Friday, 38, all of the Wind River Reservation or Riverton, Wyoming, on Oct. 15, 2020 for kidnapping and aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Carlo Di Padova, age 61, was indicted today for sending a letter from the Auburn Correctional Facility, addressed to a United States Senator, containing a white powdery substance and a message stating that Di Padova planned to have someone shoot the Senator in the head.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two men and one woman have been sentenced for their part in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Archie Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, and Jamielah Huggins, 37, of Kenmore, NY, were arrested and charged by complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Husband Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison for Human Trafficking Convictions Related to Forced Labor of Foreign Nationals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24. The nationwide event aims to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs locally, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. DEA will also accept vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice is reminding members of the public to be vigilant against fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit American consumers and organizations and to cheat disaster relief programs. In particular, the department is warning the public about scams perpetrated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rhyan O. Stewart, 47, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a weapon, was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former Southeast Texas elementary teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to transferring obscene materials to a minor.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Seattle man pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for carrying out a scheme to defraud several COVID-19 relief programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio, a federal judge has sentenced 33 members and associates of the Austin, San Antonio and Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their roles in a racketeering scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer, Homeland Security Investigations...
