News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Andrew James Sarnowski, 22, of Rosamond, charging him with separate counts of production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, and two additional counts of receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Shannon Stafford, age 50, of Crofton, Maryland, to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally accessing and damaging the computer network of his former employer. Judge Blake also entered an order requiring Stafford to pay restitution in the amount of $193,258.10 to his former employer.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: “I want to thank all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have worked on this bill we have before us today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: The Subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. Welcome to our witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for being here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: A man who sold heroin that caused a near-fatal overdose pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his role in a scheme to defraud the IRS by making false claims for income tax refunds and conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Frank Purpera Jr., the former owner of the Virginia Vein Institute, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to 90 months in federal prison after being convicted by a jury in January 2020 of illegally distributing controlled substances, health care fraud, conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Zaiqua Acosta, age 21, of Albany, pled guilty today to being a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award $335 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 80 airports in 25 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Theodore Fowler, age 33, of Syracuse, 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. Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian C. Rabbitt, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced today that RICHARD GAFFEY, a/k/a “Dick Gaffey," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: West Orange, NJ - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Thomas Edison National Historical Park (NHP) is increasing access at the park. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide 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 24, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Nathanael Cecil Hall, III, 38, of Pearl River County, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 6 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)...
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 State Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today warned Iran of the potential consequences of its actions during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy in the Middle East.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Saville Thomas, age 18, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher to 60 months’ imprisonment for traveling to the Omaha Nation Indian Reservation and committing an act of domestic violence. Thomas will also serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging William Earl Maddox, 72, of Haynesville, Louisiana, with selling and misbranding illegal supplements online and in stores. Maddox has been charged with two counts of mail fraud, three counts of misbranding of a drug with intent to defraud or deceive, and seven counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader of a multi-million dollar conspiracy that used stolen credit card account information to make fraudulent retail purchases around the country was sentenced today to 110 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Waso Nam Flanagan, 53, of Jackson County, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for dealing in firearms without a license, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Special Agent-in-Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Flanagan was also ordered to pay $3100 fine and special assessment as well as $220 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: A U.S. accountant was sentenced in the Southern District of New York to 39 months in prison for wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and other charges, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt and Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss of the Southern District of New York.
