News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Michigan man was sentenced to federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in Raleigh County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Clifford Howell, 31, of Eastpointe, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management plans to improve two recreation sites along the Upper Colorado River. Construction at Lyons Gulch and Catamount recreation sites will limit public access for up to four weeks beginning September 28.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold the 26th annual Wild Horse and Burro Expo in Lufkin, Texas on Oct. 9-10 at the George H. Henderson Expo Center. The two-day event, featuring 95 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 10. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister made the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Defendants Ordered to Pay Over $200,000 in Restitution.
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) and Chair of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Grace Napolitano (D-CA) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and Water Management in Florida."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ICE Homeland Security Investigations Jointly Investigated the Case with Thailand Department of Special Investigations, Australian Federal Police, and INTERPOL International Child Exploitation Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: NEW HAVEN, 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 TYRELL CAMPBELL, also known as “Bricks," 30, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bethann Marie Wallace, 48, of Baldwinsville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sherman Smith, 74, of Monterey, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - St. Louis - On Sept. 17, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Louquincy Carr for four counts of armed business robbery, four counts of brandishing a firearm in connection with those robberies, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The 35-year-old St. Louis resident was previously charged by a federal complaint regarding one of these robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Toppenish Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A federal grand jury indicted a Falmouth man for federal program fraud, wire fraud, false personation and theft of government benefits, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- South Florida federal prosecutors have charged a 41-year-old Georgia woman with fraud and identity theft crimes for allegedly leading a scam that tricked over 250 elderly South Floridians into turning over their credit cards, debit cards, and related personal identification numbers. According to the charges, defendant and her co-conspirators used the cards and PINs to steal over $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Operation Legend: Case of the Day.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV -New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced that speed limits on some roads within the park have changed in response to traffic flow patterns and road conditions within the park. Changes include.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington - President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced up to an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) will begin September 21 and run through Dec. 11, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jorge Rodriguez, 23, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Seattle - Six people have been indicted by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Washington with conspiring to pay over $100,000 in commercial bribes to Amazon employees and contractors, in exchange for an unfair competitive advantage on the Amazon Marketplace, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran.
