News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Three defendants are now charged by a federal Grand Jury as a result of civil unrest in Jefferson County during the period of Monday, June 1, 2020, through Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The defendants charged are alleged to have engaged in looting a neighborhood pharmacy for controlled substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE, WA-Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Raymond Duda of the Seattle Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today, Sept. 2, 2020, that Andres Maurice Mendez was arrested without incident in Queretaro, Mexico, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following a two week trial, a federal jury has convicted Henry Lloyd, 34, and Roman Dunnigan, 41, both of Buffalo, NY, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Lloyd faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of 40 years, while Dunnigan faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: A repatriated ISIS fighter has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, announced the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested four defendants across the country on charges alleging a civilian employee of the United States Navy downloaded technical drawings and manuals related to U.S. military weapons systems and sold the items to a Newport Beach company, which later resold the documents to domestic and foreign customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: A Honduran man who conned investors out of roughly $2 million has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was charged in a superseding indictment yesterday in connection with selling a fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl mixture to an undercover agent on six occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Deborah Kay Jenkins, age 48, of Porter, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Theft, Embezzlement Or Misapplication By Bank Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656, punishable by up to 30 years of imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, has awarded three grants totaling more than $900,000 to a university, a college, and a social service agency in the Western District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland couple with previous fraud convictions was sentenced to federal prison today for defrauding a local elderly couple of approximately $1.6 million in a scheme lasting more than two years, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of VINCENT TOGBE KONNEY, 62, to making a false bomb threat. KONNEY entered his guilty plea today before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in response to federal, state and local public health guidance and to support the nation’s effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, will temporarily close some areas of the park. These operational changes align with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County Parks closures for the Labor Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Courtney Freeman, 31, has pleaded guilty in federal court to armed carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Brazil Harris was sentenced today to three years and four months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing pills containing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute them, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney’s call to extend the current Census deadlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: This was the first federal criminal trial in the District of Colorado since COVID-19 impacted the court system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Christopher Desonier and Angel Leon were sentenced for committing armed robberies. Desonier was sentenced to 117 months imprisonment and Leon was sentenced to 161 months, by U.S. District Court Judge Gordon J. Quist. Both men were ordered to pay restitution and will serve 3 years of supervised release after they are discharged from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Williamsport, Md. Weather permitting, on September 14th through September 16th, 2020, the water level of the Potomac River reservoir impounded by Dam #4 and Dam #5 will be lowered approximately 6 inches to allow the National Park Service to conduct an annual visual inspection of the dams and photographic documentation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Incorporated, Chattanooga, TN, received $549,179 in Department of Justice grants to respond to safety challenges posed by violence against women.
