News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that ARVIND “MIKE" VIRA (“VIRA"), age 74, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty today to a years-long conspiracy with First NBC Bank president Ashton J. Ryan to defraud the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida -A federal jury has found Michael David Harrison (52, Sparks, NV) guilty of transportation of child pornography. Harrison faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft in Connection with Health Care, Theft From a Tribal Organization, and Obtaining Controlled Substances by Deception.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chicago woman will spend the next five years in federal prison for stealing information from Savannah residents and using it to open credit accounts that funded a fraudulent, criminal lifestyle.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service has announced it will not illuminate the Gateway Arch at night September 18-30, due to bird migration season.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a fourth superseding indictment charging 16 defendants with participating in violent racketeering and drug conspiracies that allegedly resulted in four murders, one attempted murder, five overdose deaths, and nine overdose distributions resulting...
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Norris, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Nevada County residents are invited to participate in the annual tire amnesty event Sept. 21-25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. Residents of Nevada County, who have bald tires, flat donut replacements or worn out snow studs can bring them to this event for disposal. The Bureau of Land Management, Tahoe National Forest, Waste Management and Nevada County sponsor the event.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 881,543 recreation visits in August 2020. This is a 7.5% increase from August 2019, making it the second busiest August on record. The busiest August on record was in 2017, the year of the solar eclipse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Templeton man pleaded guilty today to illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, including an AR-15 short-barreled rifle.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 10 Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Buena Vista, Hamilton, Harrison, Ida, Madison, Monona, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie and Story counties who suffered losses caused recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Brooke Campbell Solis appeared today in U.S. Magistrate Court for arraignment and an initial federal court appearance on a criminal complaint charging her with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle funds from her former employer announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. She appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Today the Trade Subcommittee is holding a hearing on Enforcing the Ban on Imports Produced by Forced Labor in Xinjiang.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jose Armijo, 36, of Albuquerque made an appearance in federal court today facing two counts of robbery by threats and violence. Armijo remains in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted today on charges of conspiring to produce and distribute, and producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing, images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Emanuel County man has been arrested on federal charges for owning and operating a cockfighting venue that coordinated weekend contests with a nearby venue raided in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging ROBERT McGUIRE, 41, of Easton, Connecticut with production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Statistics for More Than 40 Demographic and Economic Topics Support Detailed Profiles of Communities Nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Texas resident Uzoamaka Leonard Ohaebosim, 46, has been charged in the Southern District of Florida with federal bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution after allegedly lying about his movie company’s payroll expenses and obtaining $1.2 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.
