News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - On Oct. 14, 2020, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Gabriel F. Hernández, with ten counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, District of Puerto...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An IRS supervisory revenue agent was arrested today on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Frank Smail, Jr., 49, of Round O, and Mike Pellegrini, 58, of North Charleston, were charged in a multi-count federal indictment alleging conspiracy to steal personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced that on Oct. 20, 2020, MICHAEL HOLMES, age 40, of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Pompano Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - On Oct. 17, 2020, a resident of Grove City, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to two years (24 months) in prison on his conviction of making a false statement in the acquisition of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky.- A Brooksville, Ky., woman, Rebecca Teegarden, 58, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, to 36 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for theft by a bank employee and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell wants to ensure that everyone knows how to rid their homes of unused and unwanted medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joshua Bates, age 38, of Columbus, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Bates to 120 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After Bates’s release from prison, he will begin a 15-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Conspirators allegedly shipped illegal marijuana across the U.S.; Twenty-seven locations searched throughout region; Additional arrest and search in New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10), along with other members of the task force, joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) today to introduce the China Task Force Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced an Urbana, Ill., woman, Stephanie Lemons, 43, of the 1200 block of South Vine Street, to serve 18 months in prison for engaging in a counterfeit check scheme that resulted in an estimated loss of more than $100,000. Lemons was ordered to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons on March 2, 2021, to begin serving her sentence. Following her sentence, Lemons was ordered to serve two years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Jason R. Cheek will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $24 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Iowa. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jason Timothy Henry, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An IRS supervisory revenue agent was arrested today on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to ask that you take immediate steps to support federal student loan borrowers who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and recent administrative action to extend it are automatically providing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: A Virginia man who sent harassing and intimidating emails directed toward Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and his family pleaded guilty to cyber stalking, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Amber Dawn Johnson, 26, Hobbs, N.M., and Angel Estrada, 34, Hobbs, N.M., were charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The defendants are alleged to have transported 38 pounds of methamphetamine and 39 pounds of cocaine to Kansas.
