News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Sept. 24, 2020, Kendall Andrew Streb, age 53, of Hills, Iowa, was sentenced to a total of 268 months in prison after being found guilty by a jury of three counts of child sex trafficking, two counts of distributing methamphetamine to children, one count of possession with intent...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to the outside directors...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a man on carjacking and firearm charges for allegedly stealing a vehicle at gunpoint in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District, has modified the closure order of public lands east of I-5, within the Swiftwater Field Office. This Amended Emergency Closure Order updates the BLM lands that will remain closed until such time as conditions allow for safe use of the public lands. The lands are located in Douglas County, Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephanie Cottrill, of Shinnston, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine and heroin distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Big Thicket National Preserve is increasing access and will be re-opening the visitor center. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ryan James Taylor, 34, of Oxnard, pleaded guilty today to burglary of a post office, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Washington Monument will reopen to the public on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 9 a.m. after a six-month closure. The monument will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a new set of safety and cleaning procedures to keep staff and visitors safe from the spread of infectious diseases. Tickets will be available online starting Sept. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A member of a Traviesos street gang in Kansas City was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: After Four-day Trial in Federal Court, Jury Found that the Defendant Illegally Possessed Powder and Crack Cocaine for Distribution, Four Firearms, and Nearly $10,000 in Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis Hanson, 40, Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, September 25 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and heroin. This prison term will be followed by eight years of supervised release. Hanson pleaded guilty to this charge on July 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Defendant is a Previously Convicted Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Derrick Mason, 24, of Fruitland, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on Sept. 21 to an indictment charging him with aggravated sexual abuse, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and aggravated burglary in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Seventeen individuals were charged today in an unsealed, 26-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Cleveland for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine in the Mansfield area. Fifteen were arrested during an early morning takedown operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 28, 2020 - Laqueston Goff, 33, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, was convicted last week of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) joined Subcommittee on Aviation Chair Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) to announce bipartisan legislation designed to strengthen the Federal Aviation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that a joint team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 10 individuals who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 25, 2020, Luis Torres-Jiminez, age 31, of New York, was sentenced to 87 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for his participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and John J. Mueller, Commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department, announced charges today...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Port Wentworth man who laundered drug proceeds and helped distribute significant amounts of cocaine for a coastal Georgia drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
