News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Following an investigation by Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers, two people were sentenced to serve time in prison for weapon and drug violations in Denali National Park & Preserve. Rashad D. Hinson, age 43, and Melissa D. Manasco, age 34, were sentenced in separate federal court hearings after both pleaded guilty to charges that stemmed from an incident in 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Southwest Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child otherwise known as production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeks Public Assistance in Locating Sex Trafficking Suspect Engaged in Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found Antoine Ladale Perkins, 41, guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury returned their verdict late Tuesday afternoon after trial began on Monday and continued with testimony on Tuesday. United States District Judge Brian S. Miller presided over the trial, and Judge Miller will sentence Perkins, of Little Rock, at a later date.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Big Sandy couple who admitted distributing methamphetamine on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation today were sentenced to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -- Saleem Abdul Muhammad, age 55, of Prince George’s County, Maryland pleaded guilty today to bank robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Floyd C. Rivers (34, Tampa) to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Rivers to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Supplied heroin to Durham overdose victim.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-Denny Minix, 32, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Philip P. Simon following his guilty plea to a charge that he produced child sexual abuse images of a 16 to 17 year-old minor female, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dayton, Ohio, man was charged in federal district court with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho-On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at approximately 7 p.m. MDT, a Single Engine Air Tanker with one pilot on board was involved in a fatal accident during initial attack operations on the Schill Fire, located approximately 2 miles southeast of Emmett.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Harris Jr., 27, of Croydon, PA was arrested and charged by Indictment with multiple firearms trafficking offenses stemming from his scheme to sell almost 40 guns to a buyer on the island of St. Lucia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas -A 54-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owner of several retail pharmacies, including a pharmacy in Piscataway, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 30 months of prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: For Diverting Approximately $280,000 Away From A Senior Living Facility.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.

By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representatives Michael T. McCaul, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the committee, today released the following statement on Alexander Lukashenko’s attempt to solidify his grip on power by holding an abrupt, illegitimate inauguration...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Round Hill man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his scheme to embezzle $7,957,750 from the United States government and a private hospital that was intended to settle claims by victims of medical malpractice, many of whom were children.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Federal, county and local law enforcement officials today announced that 46 individuals were charged for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the distribution of heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and fentanyl in the Marion area. 43 were arrested during an early morning takedown. The operation is ongoing.