News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


Order on Cuba Charter Flights

News Release: On Aug. 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an Order that will suspend all charter flights between the United States and all airports in Cuba, except for authorized public charters to and from Havana and other authorized charter flights for emergency medical purposes, search ...


News Release: Sentencings Total 60 Months, $10,000 Fine, And Over $1.35 Million Restitution.


Peters Introduces Bill to Protect Post Offices from Closing During COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Protect Our Services Today (POST) Act to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from closing any post office facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Three Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Prison Following Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force Investigation

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three former residents of the Pittsburgh area have been sentenced in federal court this week on their convictions of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


South Bend, Indiana man sentenced to 70 months in prison

News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind.- Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced Jamar Sims, age 27, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...


Middleton Man Sentenced to 2 Years of Probation for Illegal Gun Possession

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tahjmalyk Porter, 24, Middleton, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to two years of probation for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - Three California men have pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing with the intent to distribute more than one pound of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.


News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI is committed to doing our part to combat crime throughout Arizona and keep our communities safe. We are doing that through our many task forces, which are a collaborative effort between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Jason Cory (47, Jacksonville) with three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each count of wire fraud and up...


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Foy, of Detroit Michigan, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for selling heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Trump Administration advances plan to increase water reliability in Bay Area and Central Valley

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Feasibility Report, which documents potential costs and benefits of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project. As part of a continuing effort to increase storage capability throughout California, Reclamation and the Contra Costa Water District worked together on Phase 2 of the project to increase the capacity from 160,000 acre-feet up to 275,000 acre-feet and adding new conveyance facilities.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jovaun Patterson, 31, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 171 months in prison (14 years and three months) and 5 years of supervised release by United States District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg for the attempted robbery of a convenience store in West Philadelphia in 2018.


Man who fired on law enforcement helicopter sentenced to federal prison

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Blythe man who shot a helicopter being used in support of a law enforcement operation has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison.


Former Meridian Police Officer Charged Federally with Extortion

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A former member of the City of Meridian Police Department has been charged in a federal indictment with extortion under color of official right, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


News Release: The Justice Department today announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). This coordinated operation is detailed in three forfeiture complaints and a criminal complaint unsealed today in the District of Columbia. These actions represent the government’s largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency in the terrorism context.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jesse Carey, age 33, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to 12 years’ imprisonment for two separate drug trafficking crimes committed in Monroe and Luzerne Counties.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


Nevada Woman Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Nevada woman was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with fraudulently seeking over $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Alexander Carnahan, 27, of Randolph, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.