News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen Simpson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that PAMELA SMITH, 72, of Kirkland, Washington, formerly of Guilford, Connecticut, pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of producing child pornography and committing felony sex offenses while he was required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Tyndall was previously convicted for sexually abusing a child in Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“USAO"), William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Mark J. Zielinski, Special Agent in Charge of the Eastern Field Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Diorian Smith, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 96 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This prison term will be followed by 20 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Houlton man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Freeport man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges related to sexual conduct with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: In El Paso today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against 49-year-old El Paso resident Michael Reyes for allegedly posting threats on a social media platform, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis M. Quesada, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joshua Isaac Stine, age 34, a resident of Ephrata, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on May 28, 2020, to Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Las Vegas Resident Sentenced to Prison for Elder Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced Clyde Jefferson to 120 months in prison today. The 27-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, last October, to five counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The robberies occurred on Aug. 3, Sept. 21, and October 8, 2018, and on January 8 and 29, 2019 in St. Louis City and St. Louis County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former clerk for Boston Police Department’s (BPD) District A-1 Detectives Unit was arrested and charged today in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced today that the District of Nevada collected $8,674,644.74 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Of this amount, $2,837,891.57 was collected in criminal actions and $5,836,753.17 was collected in civil actions.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 464,300 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 396,300 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year and 68,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers removed an illegal alien to Mexico Tuesday, who was previously convicted in 1996 of attempted murder in Oregon.
By State Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to strongly caution you against issuing last-minute authorizations of arms exports in the remaining few days of your tenure that have not been subject to full congressional scrutiny. In recent weeks, the Department has transmitted some eight arms export notifications that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Media Relations Director Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726 or Kelly.Thornton@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Ever Ramiro Torres Enriquez, age 25, of Silver Spring, Maryland, yesterday to 84 months and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for the armed robbery of a Takoma Park, Maryland, jewelry store on Feb. 16, 2019, and for brandishing a gun during the robbery. Judge Grimm also ordered Torres to pay restitution of $174,967, which is the full amount of the victim’s loss.
