News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 34, a Mexican citizen previously residing in Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 15 months in prison for possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - If you’re looking for an outdoor hiking and paddling adventure this fall, Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) has just the activity for you! ONSR, in partnership with Missouri State Parks and Ozark Trail Association, is inviting visitors to complete the Current River Challenge (CRC) along the upper Current River.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Theodore Fowler, 33, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 75 months in federal prison for his conviction for participating in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Florida. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2020. Miami, Fl. - Dos hombres hicieron su comparecencia inicial en el Distrito Sur de Florida por cargos de tráfico de inmigrantes, los cuales implican secuestro y tortura...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Norfolk man yesterday on all counts charged against him-two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: MACON - A defendant arrested during “Operation End Game," a multi-agency effort targeting and arresting adult perpetrators in the Athens-area seeking sex with children, was sentenced to prison Wednesday, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - On Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at the request of Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, the Office of the United States Attorney along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Scranton Resident Office, began an inquiry into reports of potential issues with a small number of mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Board of Elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Two men have made their initial appearances in the Southern District of Florida on charges that they participated in an alien smuggling ring that involved kidnapping and torturing Cuban nationals and extorting victims’ family members for money.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Dr. Franco Sicuro, of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Carlos Himpler, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were indicted on multiple charges of conspiracy and health care fraud charges. The indictment charges that as part of a fraud scheme Genotec DX and Midwest Toxicology Group, owned by Dr. Sicuro and Carlos Himpler, received over $15 million dollars for clinical laboratory tests that Genotec DX and Midwest Toxicology Group did not perform.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Fontana man is expected to make his initial court appearance late this afternoon after being charged today with federal child pornography offenses for allegedly uploading explicit images to the internet.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this timely and bipartisan hearing. Preference programs have been an important part of U.S. trade and development policy for more than four decades. With the preferences for the Caribbean Basin set to expire in less than three weeks, this hearing is an important...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Dr. Franco Sicuro, of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Carlos Himpler, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were indicted on multiple charges of conspiracy and health care fraud charges. The indictment charges that as part of a fraud scheme Genotec DX and Midwest Toxicology Group, owned by Dr. Sicuro and Carlos Himpler, received over $15 million dollars for clinical laboratory tests that Genotec DX and Midwest Toxicology Group did not perform.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Dear Ms. Watchilla: On Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at the request of Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, the Office of the United States Attorney along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Scranton Resident Agency, began an inquiry into reports of potential issues with a small...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Calais, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to conduct a prescribed fire at Saint Croix Island International Historic Site as potential weather opportunities come available from October 1 through Oct. 31, 2020, that meet the conditions established in the prescribed fire plan. The prescribed fire could be delayed until spring 2020 if unfavorable conditions persist throughout October.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: NORTH BEND, Ore. - With the reduced fire danger due to cooler and wetter weather, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District will reopen its developed recreation sites east of Highway 101 at 12:01 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Medford, Oregon - Thanks to recent rains and an increase in availability of initial attack resources to respond to new starts, the Bureau of Land Management Medford District is rescinding public lands closure notices across much of the District. Public lands closures remain in effect near the Slater Fire and the South Obenchain Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Alexander Knight, 32, of Seminary, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Keith Starrett to 16 months in prison, a $3000 fine, and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Travis Marshawn Jones, Jr., 20, of Moss Point, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 84 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for brandishing a weapon in connection with a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Power Solutions International Inc., a suburban Chicago manufacturing company, has agreed to pay a $1.7 million civil penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission and continue to cooperate with the government in a criminal prosecution of its former employees as part of a resolution of a fraud investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Javon Peterson, age 39, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 98 months in federal prison based on his previous guilty plea for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Chief Kenton Buckner, City of Syracuse Police Department.
