News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jade Hooks, 22, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Carlos Linares of Pompano Beach, Florida, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and over 100 grams of heroin. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Jan. 15, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr., has announced that, following his resignation on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, First Assistant United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier, IV will serve as the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: As part of an ongoing investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and related violence in Bridgeport, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging four Bridgeport men with conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, including drug trafficking, murder and attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Harold Arthur Thompson, 30, of Huntington, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Gerald E. Connolly expressed strong support for President Biden’s executive order rescinding several Trump-era actions that weakened the federal workforce and undermined the collective bargaining rights of federal employees.
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 State Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
Release: ZephAir, the Department of State’s first air quality mobile app, is now available for download in the Apple and Google Play stores. This exciting app brings air quality data and health messaging right to your fingertips from monitors located at more than 60 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Co-conspirators impersonated government agents claiming Social Security numbers had been compromised.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - An Alabama businessman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme that cost his partners and investors half-a-million dollars in losses, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: The colony was measured and described during a monitoring survey conducted by a multi-agency team including NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS), American Samoa’s Coral Reef Advisory Group, American Samoa’s Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, and the National Park of American Samoa, and funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. The findings were published recently in Nature offsite link.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Bismarck - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland has sentenced Jorge Pitts, AKA "Jose", age 30 of Detroit, Michigan, to 10 years in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. Judge Hovland also sentenced Pitts to 3 years supervised release and a $200 Special Assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 117th Congress will take place remotely on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at 1 pm (EST).
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: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Albert Williams, 38, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 117th Congress will take place remotely on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at 1 pm (EST).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against JASON ROBERT KARIMI, 32, charging him with interstate communication of a threat. KARIMI, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced defendant Matthew Blaine Till, 34, a former officer of the Selma Police Department, to five years’ probation for obstruction of justice by corrupt persuasion of a witness. Till pleaded guilty to three felony obstruction-of-justice charges on Sept. 25, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2021
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Mark Mongillo, age 31, of Unadilla, New York, appeared in federal court today on a criminal complaint charging him with methamphetamine distribution charges and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon.
