News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Martinez, CA - After a thorough analysis of structural and seismic information, the staff at John Muir National Historic Site has determined that the Martinez Adobe must be closed until structural repairs and stabilization can occur. The park consulted with an adobe expert (structural engineer) through...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Homestead, Fl - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Biscayne National Park is increasing access to Dante Fascell 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 25, 2020
News Release: Defendant stole a postal meter, money and stamps.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian Michael Stutes, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to receipt and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: The FBI Announces the Arrest of Sir Maejor Page.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Cleveland and Akron this week returned separate guilty verdicts for two men charged with felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition. These are separate cases and are not related. They are the first federal jury trials held in the Northern District of Ohio since March of earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Angelina Vilella, 21, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as an associate of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. According to documents in the case, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: A Le Mars, Iowa man who stole government funds using a COVID-19 unemployment scheme pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Louisville Man Arrested for Laser Strikes on Local Aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today that $142,139 was awarded in Department of Justice grants to Project Safe Neighborhoods in East Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Jonathan Cruz Carino (28, Ocala) to two and a half years in federal prison for possession of a firearm affecting commerce by a convicted felon. Carino had pleaded guilty on June 22, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a White River Junction, Vermont man has been charged with repeatedly charging at police officers while holding a shield as officers were engaged in lawful crowd dispersal during a civil disorder event.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Detergents, shampoos, soaps and other everyday items sometimes contain a group of chemicals called phthalates, which are often used to enhance products and add flexibility to plastics. However, mounting research has shown a link between phthalates and effects on hormones in humans, laboratory animals and wildlife, which is why phthalates are increasingly being replaced with other chemicals, such as a compound called DINCH.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 38-year-old La Porte, Texas, woman has been convicted of federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Macon, GA -- A former University of Georgia undergraduate student who operated a Ponzi scheme which collected approximately $1 million in investments and defrauded 117 investors, including fellow students and their families, was sentenced to 60 months in prison this morning, the maximum prison sentence allowed under the law, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - An former attorney was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with attempting to defraud and defrauding clients, investment firms and commercial lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MICHAEL MORGANI, age 33, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman on Sept. 23, 2020 for a conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Program wants to evaluate technology solutions for first responders. DHS S&T’s OpEx Program connects homeland security end users, technology innovators, and the interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that two individuals, including a Chinese national, were sentenced for wire fraud in a scheme to falsify education credentials to obtain massage therapy licenses. The Denver Division of the FBI joined in this announcement.
