News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Romanian national was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information from thousands of customers by installing secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on ATMs throughout New Jersey and elsewhere, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Ryan Rusty Rodriguez (45, Orlando) to 18 years in federal prison for distributing, receiving, and possessing images and videos depicting children being sexually abused. Rodriguez was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised release upon the completion of his prison sentence and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Twenty-four Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers from Philadelphia International Airport and four explosives detection canine teams played a vital role in supporting security measures for the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Keith Jordan, also known as “Knowledge," 52, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEITH JORDAN, also known as “Knowledge," 52, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that John Stuart, 32, of Cheektowaga, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography, possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, manufacturing of marijuana plants, and maintaining drug-involved premises. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Bobby Lee James, the owner of Seafood & More in Danville, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by exchanging cash for SNAP benefits, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: A federal judge in Austin sentenced 27-year-old convicted felon Perry Lee Parks to 51 months imprisonment for illegally possessing a loaded 9 mm pistol in a crowded parking lot in downtown Austin, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: Congratulations on your confirmation as the 71st Secretary of State of our great nation. You are taking office at a time of great uncertainty and great opportunity. It is a time when the rest of the world once again looks to the United States in anticipation-to see if we are...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 76-year-old Mexican national has been charged with making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport and theft of Social Security benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: North Carolina Tax Preparer Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of cyberstalking and interstate threats, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An assistant principal at Nixa Junior High School in Nixa, Missouri, was charged in federal court today with the sexual exploitation of a child for the purpose of producing child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Department of State, I offer my condolences to the people and government of Colombia on the death of Minister of Defense and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Holmes Trujillo García. With his passing, Colombia has lost a great patriot, leader, and statesman. The United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Keith Nicoletta (48, Dade City) has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to launder stolen COVID relief funds. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Nicoletta also agreed to forfeit more than $1.9 million, a 2020 Mercedes, a 2020 Ford F-250, real property located in Pasco County, and other funds and assets that are traceable proceeds of the offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Biden issued several executive orders aimed at combatting climate change...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - David Bentley, 29, of Rutland, Vermont pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Brandon Jim, 35, of Zuni, New Mexico, was sentenced on Jan. 26 in federal court in Albuquerque to 11 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for robbery and aiding and abetting in Indian Country. Co-defendant Timothy Boone, 27, also of Zuni, was sentenced on July 16, 2020, in Albuquerque to 10 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for the same crime. Both men are members of the Zuni Pueblo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Seven people have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy in an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court.
