News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: For Distribution Of Methamphetamine. SOUTH BEND -Eric Lauderdale, 37, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Lauderdale was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) today announced a national campaign to work with law enforcement and community leaders to promote public health and safety by raising awareness and education on illicit vapor products. These products present additional health and safety risks for adult consumers and undermine underage-prevention measures.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Furthering efforts to improve visitor services and respond to congestion, Yellowstone National Park has launched two exploratory visitor shuttle initiatives in partnership with the Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Robert Arthur Ginder (34, Callahan) has been charged by federal criminal complaint with access with intent to view child exploitation material. Ginder faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. Ginder has been detained pending a hearing scheduled for Oct. 23, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: The west side of Rocky Mountain National Park is closed to park visitors due to significant fire activity on the East Troublesome Creek Fire outside of the park. Grand Lake area residents are following evacuation orders to evacuate south on US 34 toward Granby. Trail Ridge Road is currently open for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two homeless residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Dallas Smith, 59, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Carlton W. Reeves to time-served, or 14 months, and 3 years of supervised release for illegally possessing firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michele Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Smith was also sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Shook, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, announced that ZOHEB A. DEURA, 34, of Stratford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to embezzlement of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
Release: FLINT, MI - A state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging has been installed and is in use at the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) baggage screening area at Bishop International Airport (FNT).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jenelle L. Plumadore, age 39, of Schenectady, New York, was arraigned last week on an indictment charging her with concealing her assets and resources, and making false statements, in connection with obtaining Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for her and a relative.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site will continue to operate under the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Oliver McNair, 29, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can now expedite the removal of certain aliens thanks to a recent order issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Sept. 30, 2020. The court order mandates the removal of the July 27, 2019, preliminary injunction which was the only...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Thomas Hartley, age 47, of Henryville, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 20, 2020, by a federal grand jury for theft of government funds, making false claims against the United States, and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Lawrence Lavoy Jackson, 36, of Pascagoula, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: In Temple, Texas, this morning, federal, state and local law enforcement arrested six members and associates of Killas With Aggression (KWA), announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Stephen Kam, and Temple Police Chief Shawn Reynolds.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) criticized the Democrats’ recently introduced Blue New Deal and touted Republican policy solutions to balance environmental stewardship with robust economic growth. The Democrat legislation would undermine American energy independence by implementing needless moratoriums on energy development, impose harmful red tape for ocean-based industries, and eliminate hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that John E. Kidd, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, being a felon in possession of ammunition, and violating supervised release, was sentenced to serve 132 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing two Augusta banks.
