News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: An anonymous tip submitted to the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) led to the discovery of human remains in a remote area of Mesa Verde National Park. Park Law Enforcement Rangers, with assistance from ISB and Montezuma County Coroner’s Office located and retrieved the remains...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Phoenix, AZ - On Friday, September 18th, members of the U.S. Marshals Service led Arizona Wanted Violent Offenders Task Force recovered an endangered 2 year old who had been kidnapped last night in Mesa, AZ. Task Force members attempted to contact and arrest Esau Tineo, 39, wanted by Mesa Police department on charges of kidnapping, misconduct involving weapons, aggravated assault and stalking.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today ahead of the administration’s expected 9:30 a.m. Eastern time press conference in Puerto Rico to announce the release of a formerly withheld round of disaster aid that four years of Trump administration abuse and neglect have caused preventable deaths in Puerto Rico, and today’s announcement will not erase Puerto Rican memories of how the president has treated the island and its people.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced a Full Committee hearing titled, “Driving Equity: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program."
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, sent a letter to Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, advocating for Afghan women’s empowerment to remain a key focus of the peace process and a permanent Afghan Government priority.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today the return of federal indictments against 17 individuals charged with federal firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RAYMUNDO DE LA PAZ (DE LA PAZ), age 28, was sentenced on Sept. 17, 2020 by United States District Court Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with misuse of a Social Security Number, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Tony Deshane Brown, a/k/a Antowayne Hill, a/k/a Antowayne Pollard (50, Orlando), guilty of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester today announced the results of the August & September 2020 Federal Grand Juries. The combined grand juries returned 32 unsealed and 4 sealed indictments on crimes ranging from kidnapping, federal firearms offenses, robbery, drug trafficking/distribution, child exploitation, aggravated sexual assaults in Indian country, and murder in Indian country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - On Sept. 17, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Yvonne Woods on three counts of making false, fictitious or fraudulent claims. The 50 year old is a resident of St. Louis County.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the District Board of Trustees of Pensacola State College, Pensacola, Florida, to help construct a truck driving training facility that...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Tyrone Morris-Janey, 30, of Winchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements during the acquisition of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former Holyoke kindergarten teacher was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a pair of former high school classmates have been indicted for allegedly defrauding a multinational energy development corporation of approximately $7.2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joevanny Vicente, 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Courtney Lynell Johnson, 29, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 115 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Judge Ozerden also ordered Johnson to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Smith defrauded church congregants and others of over $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Warwick man today admitted to a federal court judge that he participated in a conspiracy with a Massachusetts man to submit fraudulent bank loan applications to a Rhode Island bank in an effort to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed by Congress to assist businesses impacted by the pandemic.
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena for the testimony of USAGM CEO Michael Pack. The subpoena was issued after Mr. Pack cancelled his scheduled testimony for September 24th. Below is a statement from Lead Republican Michael McCaul.
