News from January 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: U.S. retail trade sales increased for the entire retail trade sector (NAICS 44-45 ) by 3.0%, from $5,253.0 billion in 2018 to $5,411.0 billion in 2019, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man convicted of being a felon in possession of a semi-automatic submachine gun with a high capacity magazine was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: MILWAUKEE - A state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanner that provides 3-D imaging and seven credential authentication technology (CAT) units have been installed and are in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down sentences ranging from 120 to 144 months in prison, to three individuals for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Alexander Arsenault, 35, of Greenfield, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to possession of an unregistered firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: Thank you, Alan (Makovsky), for the introduction. I’d also like to thank Sephardic Heritage International DC for the invitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMAYRA SANTIAGO, 44, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to three months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally receiving Social Security benefits. Judge Hall ordered Santiago to serve the first three months of her supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Verdell Thomas, 21, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in federal prison for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, and for possessing a loaded firearm in furtherance of that offense. Thomas pleaded guilty to these charges on October 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to tampering with opioids intended for emergency department patients at a hospital where he worked and then attempting to conceal his crime by replacing the diverted narcotics with saline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ronda Boone, 58, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years in prison and ordered to pay $1,968,650 in restitution for a multimillion dollar tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: A Troy based commercial real estate broker and investor was charged today with devising and executing a scheme to obtain money by means of false material promises and representations from victim-investors, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Justice Department Files Civil Action to Shut Down Chicago-Area Tax Return Preparer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Field Division announced the expansion of Operation Crystal Shield. This expansion includes the designation of two additional methamphetamine “transportation hubs" in 2021. Through this effort, DEA is attacking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Conspired to distribute meth and possessed stolen guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Five pounds of meth, gun found in vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Chula Vista, California - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with ATF special agents from the Los Angeles Field Division, were activated to join the investigation of the fire that occurred Monday at Action Footwear, 655 H St., Chula Vista, California, injuring four firefighters from Chula Vista Fire Department.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the Pakistani Supreme Court’s decision to acquit those involved in Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder and any proposed action to release them. Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh was indicted in the United States in 2002 for hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit hostage-taking,...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) today renewed his call for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide all data on nursing home deaths related to his deadly must admit order following a scathing report by the New York Attorney General’s office finding the state undercounted nursing home deaths by up to 50%.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Edward Morgan (49), a/k/a Edward Croce, a/k/a Edward Carrera, to six years and six months in federal prison for theft of government funds. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $405,935.76, the proceeds of the theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Bryan Lee Ogle II, 33, of Sevierville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ogle has an extensive criminal history. This case represents his 13th felony conviction. He also has been convicted of a total of 25 misdemeanors.
