News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of a two-count indictment charging Brandon Barnes (29, Lecanto) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon (sawed-off shotgun). If convicted, Barnes faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Barnes that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Shane Eckert - a 40-year old Thomasville man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Indictment Alleges Conspiracy to Smuggle at Least 190 Kilograms of Rhinoceros Horns and at Least 10 Tons of Elephant Ivory Valued at More Than $7 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin and to distributing a quantity of heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - The United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - The United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today that seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples gang, including top national and state leaders, have been charged in a federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to sending photos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Three Colombian nationals pleaded guilty today to possessing with the intent to distribute nearly 1,500 kilograms of cocaine when they were interdicted in an unregistered vessel on the Pacific Ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - James Darius Caje, 27, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was charged in federal court on Jan. 21 with sexual abuse of a minor. Caje will remain detained pending trial.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: A bipartisan group of Education and Labor Committee Members introduced legislation today to strengthen federal efforts to prevent and treat the harmful impacts of child abuse. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA) includes bold, bipartisan reforms that will help states combat the uptick in child abuse and neglect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, a Cypriot national, has pleaded guilty to accessing multiple major websites based in the United States without authorization, stealing user data, and demanding that the website operators pay a ransom to prevent his release of the data. Epifaniou is the first Cypriot national to be extradited from Cyprus to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jonathan Michael Smith, of Lumberport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATHANIEL DeJESUS, 21, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for fentanyl and crack cocaine distribution offenses.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House Steering Committee released its recommendations for Members to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Steering Committee’s recommendations will go before full Conference for ratification.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old Australian citizen who is now facing a total of 247 charges related to 245 alleged child victims in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jeffrey M. Nolan, 62, was arrested by federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on Friday Jan. 22, 2021 at his home in Stowe, Vermont. He has been charged by a criminal complaint...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the latest attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are gathering more information, but it appears to have been an attempt to target civilians. Such attacks contravene international law and undermine all efforts to promote peace and stability. As we work to de-escalate tensions...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2021
News Release: The United States strongly condemns the latest attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are gathering more information, but it appears to have been an attempt to target civilians. Such attacks contravene international law and undermine all efforts to promote peace and stability. As we work to de-escalate tensions ...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the latest attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are gathering more information, but it appears to have been an attempt to target civilians. Such attacks contravene international law and undermine all efforts to promote peace and stability. As we work to de-escalate tensions...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2021
Release: The United States strongly condemns the latest attack on Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We are gathering more information, but it appears to have been an attempt to target civilians. Such attacks contravene international law and undermine all efforts to promote peace and stability. As we work to de-escalate tensions...
