News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BAKER, NEVADA - Great Basin National Park’s Annual Astronomy Festival will be held September 17th, 18th and 19th. It will be different from years past, activities like keynote speakers can be viewed virtually on YouTube. There will also be a few onsite activities that require reservations to participate. You can find complete event information and make reservations on our website.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Junction City Campground, about 50 miles west of Redding along State Highway 299, will be temporarily closed to public use as fire crews establish an incident base on the site as they fight the nearby Hobo Fire on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Edson Wilson, 43, of Augusta, Maine was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession of heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Three Former Caregivers Sentenced on Civil Rights and Obstruction Charges Related to Death of Disabled Resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Lawton McKinnies, 31 years old of St. Louis County, is charged being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted 41-year-old Ovuoke Frank Ofikoro, 27-year-old Bonmene Sibe, and 27-year-old Trenice Hassel on charges connected to a romance scam targeting dozens of older women residing throughout the United States. Ofikoro and Sibe face several charges including conspiracy to defraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft while Sibe and Hassel face the additional charge of making false statements to a federal agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: New York, NY - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, Acting U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, and the Inspector in Charge of the New Jersey Office of the Unites States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), James Buthorn, announced today that Jose Francisco Guzman-Cabrera, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was extradited yesterday from the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Igor Cooper Rosensteel, age 29, of Middle River, Maryland, pleaded guilty to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Rosensteel admitted that he posed as a Secret Service Agent to gain the trust of his victims, then exploited them, stealing bank checks and credit cards, among other things. The guilty plea was entered on Sept. 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former bank president admitted in federal court on Wednesday that he embezzled from the Kentucky bank where he was the president.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch and US Park Rangers, a man has been sentenced to serve time in prison for assaulting a federal officer and theft within Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Lawton McKinnies, 31 years old of St. Louis County, is charged being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Kenosha, Wis. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Milwaukee Field Office, the Kenosha Police Department, the Kenosha Fire Department, the Kenosha Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brennen Sermon, 27, of Orlando, Florida, was charged by information on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin. Sermon was in the vicinity of U.S. Senator Rand Paul when he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department for assault on a Metropolitan Police Department Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington, Ky., man, Andrew Maurice King, 29, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 80 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for trafficking 10 grams or more of valerylfentanyl and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man pleaded guilty today to possessing 152 videos containing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Myers, 35, of Freehold, NJ, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to production of child pornography and cyberstalking. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 35 years, and a $250,000 fine.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: Federal and local authorities have arrested two Las Cruces, NM, residents charged with allegedly stealing guns from multiple federal firearms licensees, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek II, Dallas Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2020
News Release: The defendant targeted banks in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.
