News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal indictment charges BOBBY CHRIS MAYES, 48, CHARLES GOOCH, 61, and COURTNEY WELLS, 35, all residents of Norman, with 25 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, issuing forged securities, and aggravated identity theft, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jerry Twaddle, 40, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 9 in federal court to 20 years in prison on drug trafficking charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer 28 parcels, totaling approximately 67,586.69 acres on Dec. 15, 2020. The parcels are located in Iron, Millard and Beaver counties on public lands managed by the BLM’s Cedar City and Fillmore Field Offices. The BLM has initiated...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Federal Complaints Allege Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Organizations Operating Between Puerto Rico, New York City, and Syracuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -JULIO CESAR RIVERA ROJAS, age 33, a resident and citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 16, 2020 to 18 months in the Bureau of Prisons after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Princeton man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Akeem R. Dickerson, 28, also will serve three years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Following President Donald Trump’s approval to include up to an additional $1 billion in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved up to $1 billion in contracts to support American...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parker, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. -A former resident of Albion, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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 Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Cañon City, Colo. - In response to recent and forecasted precipitation across the region, the Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office is moving from Stage 2 to Stage 1 fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in Park County. The change in restrictions is based on current conditions and is consistent with the US Forest Service-Pike and San Isabel National Forests’ current restrictions. The change in restrictions will become effective on Friday, September 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 44-year-old Border Patrol (BP) supervisor is set to appear in federal court on allegations she deprived several constitutional rights of a La Joya woman, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Michael McCaul, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, and Representatives Lee Zeldin and Max Rose this week introduced legislation supporting the landmark normalization agreements between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Floods are costly and dangerous events that impact communities across the U.S. every year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted above-normal activity for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, running from June 1 through November 30. The month of August saw the unusual event of...
By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington-Chairman Eliot L. Engel of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ranking Member Michael McCaul, Representative Lee Zeldin, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Representative Max Rose, this week introduced legislation supporting the landmark normalization agreements between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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 Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Starting the week of Sept. 21, Strider Construction will set up traffic control devices and signage in preparation for the installation of a new culvert at La Poel Creek on Highway 101 at Lake Crescent. The culvert installation became necessary to protect the road after a winter storm in January 2020 caused La Poel Creek to occupy a new channel and flow over the highway. The work is scheduled to be completed by October 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Martin, 36, of Horseheads, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to receipt of child pornography, following a prior conviction. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA has been sentenced in federal court to one day in the custody of the United States Marshals Service, followed by three years of supervised release, on her conviction of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
