News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARCADIO DONES, also known as “Gordo," 45, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine Perry sentenced Abayomi Martin to 15 months in prison. The 43-year-old Lake St. Louis resident pleaded guilty, in March, to one count of wire fraud relative to a scheme to defraud and obtain money from Dallas Cowboy’s player Brandon Carr. Martin was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $261,194.71.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An Auburn man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on Sept. 15, 2020, the following individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury for drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five Essex County men have been arrested today and charged with distribution of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in and around the Reservoir Site Townhouses in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network and David Westin on Bloomberg TV to discuss stalled stimulus negotiations and Democrats’ unwillingness to compromise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced today that five individuals are facing federal charges for causing damage to the Foley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on May 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has admitted to killing the wife of a deployed U.S. Army soldier on post at Fort Stewart.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Corey Baker, age 25, of Clintondale, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 100 months in prison for distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Under this contractual agreement, Skylight will be used to provide data solutions that may help NOAA Fisheries and its partners identify potential IUU fishing activities.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the ruling by a Federal Judge blocking Postal Service changes directed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that slowed mail...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Benjamin Nelson, 28, of Scottsdale, Arizona, made an initial appearance in federal court today on charges of attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday for sex trafficking female victims through a prostitution business.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Kings Canyon National Park announces that the park will close to all visitors due to significant smoke impacts and hazardous air quality throughout the park. The park entrance station, facilities and parking lots will close beginning at 5:00 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Sequoia National Park closed on Tuesday, September 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE TUCKER, also known as “Mo," 37, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: FBI San Francisco Announces New Charges, Plea Deals in San Francisco City Hall Corruption Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - On September 6th at 9:00pm, Death Valley National Park and Inyo County Sheriff’s Office received notification of a potentially deceased hiker near the Golden Canyon Loop trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Chief United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Roy William Burris, Jr., 40, of Paramount, California, to 25 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Jean R. Lavanture Charged with Bank Fraud After Obtaining Nearly $5 Million in Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Jonesboro, Mississippi, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting more than five pounds of methamphetamine and nearly three pounds of heroin through Kansas City, Missouri, en route to St. Louis, Mo.
