News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Todd Mixon, age 50, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud before Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIKE CRUZ, also known as Mike Flores and “Mega," 31, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl. Judge Meyer also ordered Cruz to pay a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shane Smith, age 24, of Whitehall, New York, was charged this week with unlawfully possessing two short-barrel rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition as a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Nov. 19, 2020, through Jan. 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management will hold two meetings of the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council (Council). The first meeting will be held on Feb. 17, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be hosted online. Meeting registration information is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed charging two former Beaumont employees and a medical supply distributor with wire fraud based upon a scheme to steal medical devices and/or medical supplies from Beaumont Hospital and then sell them on the internet, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: A man who received child pornography was sentenced Jan. 13, 2021 to more than 7 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that the Department of Justice - Office of Public Affairs has created a webpage listing every defendant charged in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2020 and related information.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will waive its entrance fees on seven days in 2021. Six of the days celebrate significant national events and all national parks will waive their entrance fees on those days. The seventh day, Neighbor Appreciation Day, is a special fee-free day for Shenandoah National Park alone. The fee-free days for 2021 are.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot F. Shea, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and John B. DeVito, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Brian Thomas Twilley, age 57, of Greenbackville, Virginia, formerly of Salisbury, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to making a false statement on a loan or credit application.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected John Broward to serve as the permanent superintendent of Kaloko-Honokōhau and Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Parks on the island of Hawai‘i. Broward has been the acting superintendent for both parks since May 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging David Alan Quarles (49, Odessa) with conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, threats, fraud, or coercion; importation of an alien for the purpose of prostitution; transportation of an individual in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jerry Wayne Dick, age 27, of Wagoner, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1112, 1151 and 1153, punishable by up to 8 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren issued the following statement in response to a new report from the Department of Justice Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Boston-based Morton Street Bricks Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today for racketeering charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers, a man has been sentenced to serve time in prison for disorderly conduct-fighting and interfering with agency functions by resisting arrest within Grand Canyon National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) officers, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), arrested one of ICE’s Most Wanted fugitives in a targeted enforcement action in Anaheim, California, Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Boston-based Morton Street Bricks Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today for racketeering charges.
