News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARBIN JIMENEZ, also known as “Rabia," 32, of Waterbury, was arrested on Aug. 31, 2020, on a criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man with a prior child sexual exploitation conviction pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A methamphetamine trafficker caught with a large amount of “ice" methamphetamine was sentenced to serve twelve and a half years in prison today for his crime, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two convicted felons have been sentenced in United States District Court for illegal possession of firearms. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced both men today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of assault on a federal employee, and violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) once again called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to provide the Committee with information about what measures and employee training the company has put in place to prevent cyberattacks. Ranking Member Comer also...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Jasso, 23, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, appeared in federal court on Aug. 25 for a detention hearing on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor child, attempted production of child pornography and attempted solicitation of child pornography. Jasso will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Justin O’Brien, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $7,244 in restitution by United States District Court Judge Nitza I. Alejandro-Quinones for armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two convicted felons have been sentenced in United States District Court for illegal possession of firearms. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced both men today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump announced his plan to stop United States assessed contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Union County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 900 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE - A 60-year-old resident of Brownsville has entered a guilty plea to one count of failure to register as a sex offender as required under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Jasso, 23, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, appeared in federal court on Aug. 25 for a detention hearing on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor child, attempted production of child pornography and attempted solicitation of child pornography. Jasso will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Sept. 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Five West Virginia residents are facing charges involving firearms, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. - A basketball coach at Seaman High School was charged today with sexually exploiting minors, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of assault on a federal employee, and violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WILTON/RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT - Weir Farm National Historic Site's annual Art in the Park contest and exhibit are going virtual in 2020. All artists, from beginner to professional, are encouraged to celebrate the creativity of Weir Farm and take part in this contest by submitting an image of a piece...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Shaykh Abdul-Majid, age 35, of Washington, D.C., for federal armed commercial robbery and for discharging, brandishing, using, carrying, and possessing a firearm during and in relation to any crime of violence. At his initial appearance today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles B. Day ordered that Abdul-Majid be detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Nine current and former Boston Police Officers were arrested today and charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse.
