News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - Law enforcement agencies investigating a Valdosta couple criminally indicted this week for a multitude of child pornography production charges have opened two hotlines for concerned citizens to report potential crimes, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors today filed a criminal complaint against a San Gabriel woman who allegedly sold narcotics to several individuals in Pasadena who suffered overdoses on September 11.
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 Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Somali man Thursday who was convicted in 2016 in U.S. District Court of providing aid to a terror organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Two Individuals Charged with Bribery Related to Iraq Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dr. Richard Davidson (41, Boca Raton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Davidson has also agreed to forfeit $2,472,087 to the United States, which represents the proceeds he obtained through the commission of the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Federal prosecutors have charged 23-year-old twin brothers Devon Cooke and Donavan Cooke, of Miami Gardens, with carjacking and kidnapping after they allegedly abducted and assaulted a man in an attempt to collect ransom money.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who was involved in a melee at a friend’s house, and later found with guns and knives, was sentenced today to two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Dr. Thomas Hobbs and Dr. Vivian Carbone-Hobbs of Jefferson County were indicted with two members of their office staff, a former union representative of Anheuser-Busch In Bev, and five patients with conspiring to fraudulently obtain disability benefits from the Social Security Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Calvin Cole a/k/a “Fathead," 46, of Jackson, TN, has been sentenced to 170 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Tennessee man was sentenced late Thursday on one count of production of child pornography. United States District Court Judge James M. Moody sentenced Craig Gillum, 55, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, to 280 months in federal prison. Cody Hiland, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office, announced the sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Metropolitan Area Police Departments Need Your Help Locating Paul Hernandez and Mary Bannigan.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Explore the wildly artistic Weir and Young Studios by taking a virtual tour! Weir Farm NHS Park Rangers and Volunteers have created mini-tours of the historic art studios so 'visitors' from around the world can enjoy them from home and learn about the artistic legacy of Weir Farm. Join us for two Facebook Live Premiere Events of these virtual tours and be among the first to enjoy the studios from home!.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport has installed a new computed tomography (CT) scanner in the security checkpoint. The scanner utilizes state-of-the art technology and improves the ability of TSA officers to detect items inside carry-on luggage that are potential security threats.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 23-year-old Northeast Texas man who solicited the murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism of a minor on the dark web was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations Thursday in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Bryan Shane Wolfe Charged with Interstate Threatening Communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAMELA HILL, 55, of Simsbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffery A. Meyer in New Haven to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling approximately $584,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following statement today after the Trump White House blocked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., from testifying before the Energy and Commerce Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Raymond Zack Guerrero-Garcia, age 29, of Toppenish, Washington, a Sureno Gang Member, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, was sentenced today after ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, stressed the need for the FAFSA to help expand access to college for underrepresented students-especially considering the economic impact...
