News from January 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn B. Maloney, Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler, Committee on Homeland Security Chair Bennie G. Thompson, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Adam B. Schiff, Committee on Armed Services Chair Adam Smith, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of KENNETH RAY MILLER, 58, to 22 months in prison for manufacturing and dealing in explosive material. MILLER, who pleaded guilty on September 8, 2020, was sentenced earlier today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Edreece Nance, 47, Superior, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 78 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO -Tracy Douglas Hyden, 55, of Jefferson County, Missouri, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 36-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA), headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating the Clean Water Act, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing three stolen firearms, including a rifle and two revolvers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday in connection with fentanyl and cocaine possession.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC--On Sept. 17, 2020, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting input from stakeholders in the medical community on the misuse of race within clinical care.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, reintroduced the Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act. This legislation - championed by the late Chairman Elijah E. Cummings - reduces the influence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant allegedly fraudulently received CARES Act stimulus check.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Christian Guardado on one count of the distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Homeland Security Investigations NorCal Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. Guardado made his initial appearance in federal court on the indictment yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former secretary treasurer of Local 2254 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) today admitted embezzling $40,455 from the union’s checking and savings accounts, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for his role in a seven-year bribery conspiracy involving the DMV’s Virginia Rider Training Program (VRTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - High-ranking Nuestra Familia prison gang member Salvador Castro Jr., 50, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Tracy Douglas Hyden, 55, of Jefferson County, Missouri, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Dr. Richard Samuel Piazza, D.O. Wrote Illegal Prescriptions for Thousands of Opioid Pills.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Dwaine A. Miller (Miller) of Millersburg, Ohio, for alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Saan Thompson, 41 a/k/a Duke, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, announced a member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for his role in an attempted murder charged as part of a RICO conspiracy, as well as narcotics trafficking.
