News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Reported to Officials with the PRC Consulate About the Activities of Chinese Citizens in the New York Area and Assessed Potential Intelligence Sources for the PRC Within the Tibetan Community in New York and Elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Yinghang Yang with securities fraud for his role in an insider trading scheme. Yang and a co-conspirator allegedly executed a series of securities transactions based on nonpublic information stolen from Yang’s employer...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-The deadline is quickly approaching for college students to apply for the 2021 summer session of the FBI Jacksonville Honors Internship Program. Applications and all required documentation must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Interested applicants...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of the Western District of Tennessee. Operation Legend launched in Memphis on Aug. 6, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, Sept. 18, at approximately 12:10 a.m., Dominique Dejone Thurston, 22, of Gordonsville, Va., was arrested by Detectives from Albemarle County Police Department and Special Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division in connection ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: As part of the ongoing Elk Creek Visitor Center rehabilitation project, staff will be moving from the current visitor center to temporary trailers in the parking lot. To facilitate this move, the visitor center will be closed from September 28 through October 11. Phones may be unanswered for a few days while lines are set up in the trailers. Thank you for your patience as operations are set up to serve you in the coming weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Challenging New Mexico's More Stringent COVID-19 Capacity Limits on Private Schools than Public Schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury has convicted a Mathews County man of charges of conspiracy to produce child pornography, production of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kyle Elliott Leitka, age 31, of Weleetka, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2244(b) and 2246(3), punishable by not more than 2 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lemonte Green, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - A Huntington man caught with a large quantity of heroin was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jason Chinn, 44, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - A Mexican national who was in the United States illegally and caught in possession of.40 caliber ammunition was sentenced to time served, or six months and 17 days, in federal prison today, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Juan Martin Sotelo-Rodriguez, 26, previously pled guilty to being an illegal alien in possession of ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Sept. 11, the National Criminal Court of Spain convicted Inocente Orlando Montano, 78, a retired Salvadoran military officer, and sentenced him to 133 years and three months for his role in the 1989 murder of five Jesuit priests during the 12-year Salvadoran civil war. Montano, a former...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released a majority staff report finding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fails to conduct proper oversight of migrant detention facilities, leaving deficiencies unidentified and uncorrected, and that ICE facilities frequently fail to meet basic standards of care.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: San Diego, CA -. Cabrillo National Monument Superintendent Andrea Compton announced Linh Anh Cat, Ph.D. as the new Chief of Resources Management and Science of Cabrillo National Monument located in San Diego, California. Dr. Cat has been serving as the park’s Chief of Resources Management and Science...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Sept. 19, 2020, WILLIAM LEWIS, age 41, and JILL LEWIS, age 40, residents of Slidell, Louisiana, were charged in a two-count Indictment for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1341, and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office has announced changes that will increase recreation offerings and public access on BLM lands near Silverton in San Juan County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A California insurance and private equity executive pleaded guilty today in connection with using fraud and bribery to cheat on the ACT exam on behalf of his daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: ROME, GA- Daniel Strickland, who molested two minors in his care and produced child pornography of them, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of the Western District of Tennessee. Operation Legend launched in Memphis on Aug. 6, 2020, in response to the city facing increased homicide and non-fatal shooting rates.
