News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Mesa Airlines employee pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge that he schemed to manufacture counterfeit Mesa employee identification badges that were used to obtain free flights for himself and others on another airline.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been charged with a federal firearm offense for allegedly “straw purchasing" guns in Indiana on behalf of a convicted felon in Chicago.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a memorandum notifying all Committee Members of her intent to issue a subpoena to AbbVie Inc. for documents as part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation of drug company pricing practices, which was initiated by former Chairman Elijah E. Cummings.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation is taking steps to simplify cultural resources compliance on canals and ditches. Reclamation is requesting that the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which oversees the federal historic preservation process, grant a “program comment " to document the historic significance of water distribution systems as a whole, instead of on a case-by-case basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Ismael Valdez, 37, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces on Aug. 27 to attempted enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Clement Robert Mercaldo, Jr., age 61, of Timonium, Maryland and Stepfen Gerard Gaither, age 29, of Randallstown, Maryland, for a murder-for-hire conspiracy, use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be hosting a variety of open-air programs in September to connect youth to America’s natural and cultural heritage through public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 355 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC YOPP, also known as “E-Love," 34, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Terry Shawn Petrill, 48, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay back more than $340,000 after pleading guilty to theft of federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John Milhiser and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox announced that 10 men were arrested over the weekend in Springfield, Ill., and charged in separate criminal complaints with attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. The complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bryan Connor Herrell, 26, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Dale A. Drozd to 11 years in prison, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern District of California and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Kingstree, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, Sept. 2, 2020, at 11:30 a.m., in the City Council Chambers of the Williamsburg County Public Service Administration (PSA) Building at 201 West Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina 29556.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Oluremi Akinleye, 40, of Las Vegas, made his initial appearance in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain money from accounts held by members of the Pension Fund of the Christian Church and the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-The former office manager and bookkeeper for a La Grande, Oregon medical practice pleaded guilty today for devising a scheme to defraud her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Phillip W. Conley, of Jacksonville, Florida, is facing fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
