News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 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 | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A U.S. Capitol Police officer was arrested today following his indictment on federal charges of obstruction of justice stemming from communications and actions in the aftermath of the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Hao Kuo Chi (40, La Puente, CA) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy and computer fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Detroit - As southeast Michigan survivors clean and repair damage to their homes caused by the severe storms and flooding that occurred June 25-26, 2021, FEMA has teamed up with Menards home improvement stores in Bloomfield Hills and Warren to provide free information, tips and literature on making homes and businesses stronger and safer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that charges have been filed against five men for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Matthew Hazel, Jose Solano, Andrew Wilson, Cesar Thomas, and Lodwin Aahton were arrested Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, and made their initial appearances in federal court today, Oct. 15, 2021.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers have reinstituted the use of body-worn cameras in the park as part of a National Park Service-wide initiative to meet the professional standards of modern policing.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Ruben Saavedra, Sr. (Saavedra), Albuquerque, N.M., on Aug. 27, 2021, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: MIAMI - Donald Reid, 51, was sentenced to seven and one-half years in prison for dealing methamphetamine by United States District Judge Aileen Cannon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Nathaniel O. Cox, 30, was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a Kel-Tec SUB-2000 assault rifle during the commission of a crime of violence, announced Acting United States Attorney Jason R. Coody. Cox was previously convicted of a similar crime in the Middle District of Georgia in 2015; for which he was sentenced to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, having been released in May 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Richard “Richie" Sinde, age 56, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Robert “Bobby" Ingrao, age 74, of Lodi, New Jersey, were indicted last month for trafficking 9 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that JOEL LINDSAY, also known as “Joey Guapo," 23, and JOSEPH PINA, 24, both of East Hartford, have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to offenses related to the sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Davenport man, Lamark Armond Combs, Jr., was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 210 months in prison for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography. Combs was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release to follow his prison term and to pay $300.00 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal (D-CA) announced the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Achieving Mission Balance: Positioning the...
By State Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Molly Phee, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, was sworn in as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs on Sept. 30, 2021. She most recently served as the Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation. She was U.S. Ambassador...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Nathaniel O. Cox, 30, was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a Kel-Tec SUB-2000 assault rifle during the commission of a crime of violence, announced Acting United States Attorney Jason R. Coody. Cox was previously convicted of a similar crime in the Middle District of Georgia in 2015; for which he was sentenced to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, having been released in May 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Today, a New Bern man was sentenced to 144 months in prison for the distribution of controlled substances in Craven and Pamlico counties. On June 17, 2021, William Roger Swain, Jr., also known as “Swoon", 37, pled guilty to Federal charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: Jovaun Clark Admits to Selling Machine Guns, Short-Barreled Rifles, and “Ghost Guns".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that yesterday Alfonso Algeria, age 39, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood (USP Allenwood) was indicted by the federal grand jury for possessing a weapon in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2021
News Release: A man who robbed and murdered another man was sentenced today to life in federal prison.
