News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Rapid City, South Dakota, men convicted of Carjacking Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person were sentenced on Aug. 13, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, a federal jury convicted Kemond Jareuz Fortson, a 35-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Missouri surgeon and Kansas distributor have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks aimed at inducing the use of spinal implants sold by a medical device company as well as engaging in conduct aimed at obstructing the government’s federal investigation into that the kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Varnell Dixon, 24, of Gary, Indiana, pled guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Angelia Dawn Sanford, 36, of Petal, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U. S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 12 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft or receipt of stolen mail matter, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Crews recently demolished the 6,955 square foot Utility Room building (UR) at the West Valley Demonstration Project. Built in 1964, the UR was used to produce and distribute various utilities required for Main Plant processes. This is the sixth of seven Main Plant support structures demolished, and brings EM’s total number of structures removed at West Valley to 67.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Marqueal Bonds, 22, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III, for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. Bonds was also ordered to pay a total of $33,221 in restitution to various victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Two men have been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting three victims, including a child, to engage in commercial sex acts by means of force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. (Aug. XX, 2020)-Yesterday, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security, and Rep. Ami Bera, M.D., Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, held a joint briefing on “China’s Oppression of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang."
By State Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Lesslie C. Viguerie is the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asian and Pakistan Affairs within the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA). Prior to assuming this role, he was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at U.S. Embassy New Delhi. A Senior Foreign Service...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced 26 schools have been selected so far to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Darryl Cleon Forbes (27, Jamaica) to five year and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The court also ordered Forbes to forfeit $2.4 million, and pay $1,122,957 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man was sentenced in Pierre federal court on Aug. 17, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: SANTA FE, New Mexico-In keeping with the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting American energy security, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer a total of 11 parcels totaling 7,730.86 acres at its October 2020 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The proposed parcels are located in Chaves...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) announced selections totaling up to $1 million for five projects to identify ways to use smart-manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, precision, performance and energy efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, Walter James, III, a 49-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, and former Montgomery Public Schools employee, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: DANVILLE, Virginia - Paulette G Toller, a former pharmacy technician working in Danville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Danville to 13 months in federal prison for illegal distribution of a controlled substance. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Jesse Fong, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Field Division made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Camden County man snagged in a child sex-trafficking sting will spend more than five years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Employees of the at the Savannah River Site recently improved planning for steam outages at the chemical processing facility by hiring staff members dedicated to preparing for those periods full time.
