News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant’s scheme to compel the victim’s labor included physical violence, a fabricated debt, paycheck confiscation, and threats of violence and reputational harm, among others.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Youth Arts in the Parks (YAP) 2021 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest online entry window is now open, January 2 - February 8, 2021! Local students can celebrate their creativity and love of nature through this annual art contest and spring exhibit. This year’s contest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Man Arrested for Illegally Entering Office of Speaker of the House.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Sought to Obstruct IRS Collection Efforts for Ten Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is happy to announce the arrest of “Fugitive of the Week," Meghan Elizabeth Donnelly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KENDALL MATHEWS, a/k/a “DOT," age 37, a resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pled guilty on January 7, 2021 before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to thirteen counts of a fourteen-count indictment charging him with several narcotics offenses, including conspiring to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Medford, ORE. - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is now accepting applications for its summer Artist-in-Residence program. Selected artists are provided with a beautiful environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Saturday is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and it could not come at a more critical time. Despite a difficult 2020, law enforcement is still out there, protecting you, your property and your loved ones from those who would take all that you have. But with the current climate, we may soon have fewer...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Suffolk, Virginia, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to excessive moisture that has occurred since Aug. 1, 2020, and drought and excessive heat that occurred June 20 through July 31, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Priscilla Czyz, age 37, of Cato, New York, has been charged with obstructing the mail, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), Northeast Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Isaiah Lamont Shaw, 21, of Beckley, pled guilty to distributing more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. Shaw was charged as a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: My last day as United States Attorney coincides with a huge weekend for Ohio football. Once again, the Browns and Buckeyes will be going into matchups with heavily-favored opponents, at seemingly impossible odds to succeed. Once more, it feels like Ohio against the world. When I started this job in 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The former Enforcer of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced yesterday on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe of the Northern District of Florida today announced that a total of 39 defendants were indicted in 2020 on federal charges involving the exploitation of children, ranging from production, distribution, and possession of child pornography to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, AL - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce during the morning hours of January 8, 2021, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force (GCRFTF) arrested Fugitive Tremayne Burdine on an outstanding warrant from the Montgomery County Municipal Court, Dayton, Ohio for the charge of Murder, Felonious Assault and Tampering with Evidence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to assaulting a longtime United States Postal Service city carrier who was delivering mail in the Gilpin Court neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: We are frequently reminded these days of the difficult challenges faced by law enforcement officers. Tomorrow, January 9, 2021, is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a day dedicated to showing our support for law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels. Created in 2015, this day allows us to voice our appreciation to law enforcement officers for their service to us all.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Colin C. Gierke, 25, of Waverly, Nebraska was sentenced today in Lincoln by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for receipt of child pornography. Gierke was sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. There...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: SENTENCING - MARIO MAKIYA SANDIFER a.k.a. “Danero the Goat".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Jason Dunn announced that Naomi Vaughn, 36, of Montrose, Colorado, was sentenced to more than seven years (87 months) in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Vaughn’s prison sentence will be followed by a five-year term of supervised release.
