News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Alfonzo Jamal Lewis has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking five kilograms of cocaine in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. -Two Las Vegas residents made their initial court appearance on Friday, August 7, 2020, on charges for allegedly stealing explosive materials from a mining company in Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A high-ranking member of a violent street gang operating in Jersey City, New Jersey, made his initial court appearance today on charges he possessed a weapon as a convicted felon, possessed Phencyclidine (more commonly known as PCP) with intent to distribute, and possessed a firearm in furtherance of his PCP distribution, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $4.4 million in the state of Tennessee to build critical infrastructure needed to support business growth. The EDA grants, to be matched with more than $2 million in other federal or local funds, are expected to help create or retain nearly 900 jobs and generate $222.2 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Emporia man pleaded guilty today to straw purchasing three firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
Release: TAMPA - In an age where touchless is preferred for a number of reasons, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Tampa International Airport (TPA) is using new credential authentication technology both to improve checkpoint screening capabilities and the passenger experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Alvaro Y. Cortes, 62, Olga L. Aya Rodriguez, 53, both of Doral, Florida, and Planet Express Cargo & Courier Corp., a Miami company, were sentenced today in federal district court in Miami for their involvement in a conspiracy to knowingly export fish and wildlife knowing that the fish and wildlife were transported and sold in violation of federal law.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a flexible, portable measurement system to support design and repeatable laboratory testing of fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications devices with unprecedented accuracy across a wide range of signal frequencies and scenarios.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Incident Summary: On Wednesday, July 29 at 4 pm a wildfire was discovered just north of East Beach Road near Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. The East Beach Road Fire was first reported to Olympic National Park Fire Management. The East Beach Road Fire has burned 84 acres and is 98% contained.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Carlos Victor Passapera Pinott, 53, of Buckeye, Arizona, was arrested on multiple counts of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Passapera was charged by complaint, and had his initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman of the District of Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: A search is currently underway for a hiker reported missing after she did not return from a day hike on the Rugged Ridge Trail on August 8. Stephanie Lincoln is a 40-year-old female, 5’4" tall, 130 pounds, with short brown hair and hazel eyes. She was carrying a red backpack.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Michael Taylor, 37, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Timothy Hummel, age 26, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty to threatening to murder federal law enforcement officers. Hummel made his initial appearance remotely while free on bond. His bond was continued at the hearing’s conclusion. The Denver office of the FBI and the Federal Protective Service (FPS) joined in today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Weston man pleaded guilty today in connection with a scheme to defraud private high schools and international students of millions of dollars in tuition and other fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Eastern Kentucky Doctor and Assistant Plead Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can travel the world within 24 hours. While there are many mass screening technology methods used to detect a variety of threats, the ability to rapidly screen for fevers has quickly become one of the most important tools in the world’s fight against COVID-19-one that the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is proud to support.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A disbarred Beverly Hills lawyer pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for scheming to steal more than $500,000 from a client he represented in bankruptcy proceedings and then use part of the money to pay off a $75,000 debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2020
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Patrick Kenney as the new superintendent of Shenandoah National Park and Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.
