News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Richards Imported 50 kilograms of Mislabeled Chloroquine from China with the Intent to Sell the Drug in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO - Recreational visits for 2020 at Dinosaur National Monument tallied a total of 264,266 - an 11.3% decrease over the 2019 annual visitation. However, December visitation numbers showed a 27.7% increase for the month over 2019 statistics, a trend that had started in the middle of the year and picked up steam by year’s end.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 22, 2020, Aaron T. Moul, a/k/a “The Panty Man," a/k/a “Jazmyn Samuels," a/k/a “Aaron Timothy" (age: 29) of North Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for carjacking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Tacal Charles Hart, 35, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Scott H. Rash to ten years in prison for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Hart previously pleaded guilty on Feb. 18, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Shauntay Craig, a/k/a Shake, and Donald Glass, a/k/a Smurf, both leaders of the national gang, the Gangster Disciples, have been sentenced for racketeering conspiracy involving murder. Glass was also sentenced for firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty pleas of DAVON DE-ANDRE TURNER, 25, and BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, to one count each of conspiracy to commit arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct headquarters. TURNER entered his guilty plea today before Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An alleged leader of a series of schemes in several states to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers has been apprehended in Winter Park, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced William Johnson (31, Holiday) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and for possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with possessing over 1,000 videos and images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment charging three defendants was unsealed in the District of Columbia today. The indictment charges Aws Muwafaq Abduljabbar, 42; Haitham Isa Saado Sad, 42; and Olesya Leonidovna Krasilova, 43, with conspiracy to steal U.S. government records and to defraud the United States, theft...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that the Estate of Dr. Patrick T. Hunter has paid the United States $1.75 million to resolve allegations that Dr. Hunter violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for kidney stone procedures that were not medically justified and for engaging in an illegal kickback arrangement. Dr. Hunter passed away in March 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly distributing videos and images of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Michael Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced that Robert Morris Levy age 54, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced today to 240 months in federal...
By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
Release: Effective Jan. 22, 2021, the United States is suspending the Direct Access Program for U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis for 90 days. As the result of a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Camp Springs, Maryland man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, which led to the seizure of over $1 million in cash, approximately 45 kilograms of cocaine, over $240,000 worth of jewelry, four firearms, and body armor-piercing ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Shauntay Craig, a/k/a Shake, and Donald Glass, a/k/a Smurf, both leaders of the national gang, the Gangster Disciples, have been sentenced for racketeering conspiracy involving murder. Glass was also sentenced for firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Timothy Frank Ross, 54, formerly of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to serve 30 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit mail theft, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is accepting public input on projects and management needs that would benefit off-highway vehicle recreation on public lands managed by the Eagle Lake Field Office. The comment period will remain open through Monday, Feb. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against JUAN MANUEL BUENDIA-CALDERA, 40, charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. BUENDIA-CALDERA, who was taken into federal custody on Jan. 21, 2021, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court.
