News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Tyndall, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian C. Rabbitt, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced today that HARALD JOACHIM VON DER GOLTZ, a/k/a “H.J. von der Goltz," a/k/a “Johan von...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shaquan Jones, age 25, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Wilson to 60 months’ imprisonment for possession of a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute it. Jones had entered a guilty plea to the charges in February 2020.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to more than fifteen years in federal prison September 17 for sex trafficking female victims through a prostitution business in a case led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with federal and local partners and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations Subcommittee, and Rep. Jamie...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Billy Ray Flynn, age 65, of Stilwell, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1153, 2241(a)(1) and 2246(2)(A), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Jeffrey Burnside, 32, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty today to his role in a cocaine conspiracy.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
Release: To help facilitate the clearance of imported plants and plant products during the COVID-19 pandemic, APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will continue to accept electronically produced versions of phytosanitary certificates through Dec. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: WICHTA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty today to drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 and Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Black Hog Farms Inc. satisfied a $14,772 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shaquan Jones, age 25, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Wilson to 60 months’ imprisonment for possession of a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute it. Jones had entered a guilty plea to the charges in February 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jatavier Bradford, age 17, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Carrying A Firearm During And In Relation To A Crime Of Violence, punishable by not less than 5 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both. Bradford, who will be 18 next month, entered a plea of guilty after being transferred to adult status in court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN C. GOLD, 47, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in two separate schemes that defrauded his former employer of more than $9 million.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has posted the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed new satellite-based approach procedure for Runway 4-Left at Boston Logan International Airport. The Draft EA indicates that the procedure would have no significant impact in any environmental category including aviation noise.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: McLean, Va.- The National Park Service (NPS) is taking action to make the roads and trails at Memorial Circle safer. Starting on Monday, Sept. 28 and until the end of October, drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists will see.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert Rose, 65, of Guide Rock, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2020, in Lincoln, Nebraska by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to four years’ imprisonment for Possession of Child Pornography. There is no parole in the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert Giardina, 39, who most recently resided in Florida, was sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 30 months’ imprisonment for Wire Fraud. There is no parole in the federal system. Giardina was also ordered to pay $30,075.16 in restitution. After his release from prison, Giardina will have to serve a 3-year term of supervised release.
