News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. of Eastern District of North Carolina announced that the Johnston County School System received $100,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). Nationally...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, KY- A Lexington, Ky., man, Prince Bixler, 41, was convicted on Wednesday by a federal jury in Frankfort, Ky., for charges related to his extensive and violent sex and drug trafficking operation that sold crack cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine throughout the Lexington area and forced young, drug-addicted women to prostitute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, and David Sundberg, Special Agent-in-Charge, New Haven Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of ARMANDO J. PEREZ, the Chief of Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Canada resident today was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release after he admitted trying to smuggle firearms into Canada from the United States, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A criminal complaint was filed here today charging a Russian national for his alleged role in a conspiracy to use the stolen identities of real U.S. persons to open fraudulent accounts at banking and cryptocurrency exchanges.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today announced that three key witnesses in the Committee’s investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick will testify at an open hearing next week. Under Secretary of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Richter, 42, of Boulder, CO, who was convicted of interstate communication of threat to injure, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Henry Williams, 55, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Oklahoma City, OK - An Oklahoma man who allegedly filmed himself sexually abusing a baby and distributing the video via social media has been arrested today by U.S. Marshals in Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Attorney General William P. Barr and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea announced the results of Operation Crystal Shield, a DEA-led effort targeting the command and control elements of Mexican cartels that operate major methamphetamine “transportation hubs" throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: A National Football League (NFL) player has been charged for his alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that low-income Iowa residents in 10 additional counties recovering from the effects of the derecho storm that hit the Midwest in August could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). The agency also provided an extension for current SNAP households to report storm-related food loss and receive replacement benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Laura that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Pedro Aguirre-Nunez, 39, a Duson, Louisiana resident, was sentenced in United States District Court for Production of Child Pornography, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Aguirre-Nunez to spend 224 months (18 years, 8 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of Andreii Derkach for election interference...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Agustin Alberto Lainez, a Florida man who harassed a Charlottesville-area woman and threatened to physically harm her and expose publicly her personal information, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court here to federal cyberstalking. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Jose Merced Sanchez De La Torre (age 43) on a federal criminal complaint alleging illegal re-entry into the United States by an alien with a prior aggravated felony conviction. If convicted of the offense, Sanchez De La Torre faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Diane L. Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, announced that 14 individuals were arrested...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a second scheduled teleconference- negotiation session with El Dorado Irrigation District for a water service contract conversion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: NFL Player Charged for Role in $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
