News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant has two prior convictions in the State of Utah for Sexual Abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold two webcast public hearings to present information and accept comments on the Draft Versatile Test Reactor Environmental Impact Statement (VTR EIS). DOE is hosting internet-based public hearings in place of in-person hearings due to ongoing public health...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Two Quebec Men Extradited to North Dakota from Canada as Part of ‘Operation Denial’.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Project Guardian is DOJ’s signature initiative to reduce gun violence, gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Gerry F. Carter, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday to a total of 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges stemming from an organization that distributed methamphetamine in North Florida. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it has modernized the reporting structure of its Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The realignment was recommended by the Office of the Inspector General in 2002 and numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: The men allegedly were members of a group of ISIS supporters that carried out terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Day in 2019, killing 268 people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Labor (the “Secretary") against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 union (“Local 98") for violating Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §§ 481-483 (“LMRDA").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: An Arlington gang member has been convicted at trial of felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm following a police chase in a stolen pickup truck.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A registered sex offender arrested while sitting in a restaurant parking lot accessing the business’ Wi-Fi feed in order to view child pornography was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant was on Supervised Release for Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Joseph Gaudreau, 25, of Somersworth, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to possessing and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in Federal Court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan has sentenced Sandro Cuevas, Jr., 25, from Selma, North Carolina, to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the District of Columbia charging Nicholas R. Ochs with Unlawful Entry into Restricted Buildings or Grounds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1752(a). The defendant was arrested last evening in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. His initial appearance will be in federal court in Honolulu.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Jason Dunn honors law enforcement officers by observing Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which is set aside to honor the distinguished service and personal sacrifice of law enforcement officers in Colorado and around the country. This year’s observance takes place on Saturday, January 9, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that his office, in coordination with the Memphis Field Division Office of the FBI, will investigate and charge any potential violations of federal law at the United States Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021 committed by individuals from the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joshua Wade Frazier, age 39, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason Dunn announced that Jayce Peterson, 36, of Oak Creek, Colorado, was sentenced to more than a year (15 months) in prison for theft and depredation of government property. Peterson’s prison sentence will be followed by two concurrent two-year terms of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Megan Marie Rogers, age 34, of Waldron, Arkansas entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
