News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Leon Cooper, 51 has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 1 kilogram of heroin. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: FARGO, North Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that residents of the Fargo - Moorhead area can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheckTM at Hector International Airport (FAR). Enrollment will be offered from Monday, October 26 through Friday, October 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men will appear in federal court to face charges that they were involved in the unauthorized takeover of social media and other personal online accounts belonging to professional and semi-professional athletes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Charges were unsealed today accusing a Tenderloin drug dealer of selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of one individual and the hospitalization of another individual, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Toby Schwartz of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Additional facts regarding the investigation and charges can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Two Accounting Department Employees Also Charged With Participating In the Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of trafficking meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Jenaireo Wade found with nearly 300 tablets of various types of opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold its annual National Red Ribbon Rally virtually this year. Our virtual rally will premiere on
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray today announced that New Hampshire will receive a $628,472 Department of Justice grant to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities in New Hampshire after confinement. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, is part of more than $92 million in funding to support reentry efforts throughout the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $620,970 grant to Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to make water infrastructure improvements at the Pontotoc County Industrial Park, to support the expansion and growth of manufacturing businesses...
By State Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: This guidance is a first-of-its-kind tool intended to provide practical and accessible human rights guidance to U.S. businesses seeking to prevent their products or services with surveillance capabilities from being misused by government end-users to commit human rights abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a native of Nigeria who became a naturalized U.S. Citizen, Cyprian Ngbadi, age 63, of New York City, was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner on charges that he conspired to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering between 2007 and 2009. Ngbadi was also ordered to pay $435,664 restitution to 194 victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Clark was caught transporting meth from Kansas to Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Kathryn Smith (58, Lake Mary) to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for wire fraud. In addition, Smith was ordered to pay $472,765.95 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Village Realty of Staten Island Ltd. and Denis Donovan, a sales and former rental agent at Village Realty, alleging discrimination against African Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act when offering housing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- Two United States citizens who were detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and recently transferred to the custody of the FBI have been charged with material support violations relating to their support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Wexford, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of an unregistered firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty to an escape charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Douglas Wesley, 32, pled guilty to walking away from a halfway house earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A second defendant pleaded guilty today to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Newton, Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced CHARLES PATRICK JEFFERY, JR. to 360 months imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Jeffery entered his plea of guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child on July 1, 2020. Jeffery has been and will continue...
