News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Carter, 45, of Geneva, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old resident of Houston has been ordered to prison for a second time following his conviction of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Justin Vigil, age 31, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 39 months (more than 3 years) in federal prison followed by 3 years on supervised release for the theft of firearms from Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply, a federally licensed firearm dealer. The Denver Field Division of the ATF joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and Toledo Police Chief George Kral announced today the launch of Operation Red-Zone in the city of Toledo over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Joining the U.S. Attorney and Toledo Police Chief in the announcement were representatives from the ATF, DEA, FBI, U.S. Marshals, Lucas County Prosecutor, Lucas County Sherriff and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s refusal to participate in a global effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Donnie Laing, Jr., 40, of Youngsville, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty for wire fraud. Laing was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was also ordered to pay $918,531 in restitution to the victims of this scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Caleb Wade Sexton, 22, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling a quantity of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in a March 12, 2019, overdose death in Myrtle Beach.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: As a result of increased late summer tourism to the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will offer lifeguard services through the end of September at three lifeguard beaches.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Sept. 2, 2020, Nathan Lee Kempter of Highlands Ranch, Colorado was found guilty following a jury trial before Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard of enticement of a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Kempter will be sentenced on Dec. 11, 2020, and faces up to life in prison on the two counts.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement that it is sanctioning International Criminal Court (ICC) officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: (Seattle) - A 36-year-old Seattle man was arrested today and appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle for making a threat to damage or destroy a building-in this case a Portland, Oregon, police precinct, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. KYLE ROBERT TORNOW is accused of using an online communication system to claim he had planted explosives at a Portland, Oregon, Police precinct.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
Release: The government of South Africa has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh mango fruit for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS shares ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee majority released a new review of the Trump Interior Department’s history of scandals, conflicts of interest, formal investigations and ethical lapses today in a Medium post underlining Secretary David Bernhardt’s complete failure to control the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS MANUEL VALLE, also known as “LoLo," 24, of East Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: These indictments bring the total number of these defendants federally charged to 11.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: This is the first time this many mountain lion dens have been found within such a short period of time during the 18-year study, in which a total of 21 litters of kittens have been marked at the den site by researchers. Previously, the highest number of dens found in one year was four (across 10 months in 2015). Three additional litters have been found when the kittens were older (at least six months old) and had already left the den site.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Casey David Crowther (35, Fort Myers) with making a false statement to a lending institution. If convicted, Crowther faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Marlin Santana Thomas, age 45, of Des Moines, has been charged in federal court with sex trafficking eight victims announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. In August, a United States Grand Jury filed a Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court charging Thomas with the offenses. Thomas appeared before a federal magistrate judge on Sept. 2, 2020, and is currently detained in federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Riza Aziz utilizing funds allegedly embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.
