News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Three Philadelphia men were charged, by a federal grand jury, in an indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for their roles in a sex trafficking operation that exploited numerous minors from 2016 through 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Blue Springs, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access in the Davis Bayou Area and Ship Island, MS. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Cook fired the gun while in a hotel room.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A local area resident made his initial appearance in federal court Sept. 4, for illegally possessing machine guns and unregistered firearm suppressors following a probe led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park has learned that that the man who passed away in the plane crash near the Buck Hollow Trail in Rappahannock County is 35-year old Nicolas Hellewell from San Luis Obispo, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: David Wesley Gilreath was also found to have posted online a “hunting guide" targeting individuals of various religions as well as certain houses of worship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - ANDREW TYLER MOLINA. On Aug. 31, Andrew Tyler Molina, 31, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for transporting and shipping child pornography. Tumblr, a social media app popular amoung teenagers, reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, that a user, Mr. Molina...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for his role in a large drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than one kilogram of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Christopher Maurice McCallum, Jr. (28, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. In a related case, McCallum also admitted to violations of his federal supervision for possessing the same firearm. He could receive an additional two years in federal prison for these violations. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Whitewood, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Daniel Kamensky Allegedly Extorted a Rival Bidder to Abandon a Higher Bid and Engaged in Obstruction of Justice by Asking the Rival Bidder to Cover Up the Crime.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, the Bureau of Land Management, and Dixie National Forest are increasing access and services. The National Park Service (NPS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Charged for their Roles in a Nationwide “Felony Lane Gang" Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - After more than a quarter century in an office building on Pegasus Drive in Bakersfield, the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office will be moving to a new building at 35126 McMurtrey Ave., effective Sept. 14.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Releases: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Program Status Report WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to prepare against ever evolving threats against the American homeland, most recently highlighting efforts to combat an Electromagnetic Pulse attack which could disrupt the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: The coordinated response across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has played a major role in the Whole-of-America approach to combating the COVID-19 pandemic. With a workforce that crosses more than a dozen offices, coordination remains crucial. The DHS Office of Operations Coordination (OPS) ensures the flow of information is shared accurately and effectively across the Department and with interagency partners.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: Emergency Loans, Increased Flexibilities, and Other Disaster Assistance Programs Available Radcliffe, Iowa, Sept. 3, 2020 — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue designated 18 Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas, enabling producers who suffered losses because of the recent Derecho, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2020
News Release: On July 8, 2020, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime. The initiative ...
