News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 59 additional arrests have been made in the past week by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend, for a total of 156 arrests since the start of the operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A Georgia man pled guilty today to traveling to Alabama with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Alabama James G. Hernandez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office and our partners are celebrating the recent acquisition of the Blue Oak Ranch, which will provide greater public access for staging and camping for the South Cow Mountain OHV Management Area. The nearly 1,400-acre Blue Oak Ranch is located...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with operating a drug trafficking organization and with a July 1, 2017 shooting in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that local and federal law enforcement officers have made 32 arrests and recovered 27 firearms since the mid-July commencement of Operation Legend in Milwaukee. Those arrested include individuals alleged to have committed firearms-related offenses as well as fugitives wanted for violent crimes, including homicide, armed robbery, and recklessly endangering safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Taylor Cunningham, 25, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man arrested after a high-speed chase in Liberty County has been indicted on a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man pleaded guilty today to knowingly providing false information to a federal firearm licensee (FFL) in order to purchase multiple firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the start of a second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection will begin August 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting August 20 through Oct 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On August 6, Reclamation proposed revisions to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act’s 1993 Interim Guidelines that govern the Act’s accounting requirements. The proposed revisions are subject to a 30-day public comment period beginning August 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Officers Seized 17 More Firearms, Stolen Vehicles, Illegal Drugs.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A active duty soldier and former government employee at Camp Mabry admitted to stealing and unlawfully selling more than $1 million worth of items from the military installation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announces that the state received nearly $1 million from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime, to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau has targeted mid-August to resume data collection for the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey was temporarily suspended to allow the Census Bureau to prepare for a second phase of data collection. As part of the second phase, the agency has reviewed the questionnaire to ensure that the information collected continue to be timely and relevant given the continuing nature of the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Five members of a Peninsula-based narcotics operation were sentenced over the last two days to a combined 51 years in prison and ordered to forfeit over $2,000,000 for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base in Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man, and seven-time prior convicted felon, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nevada---In response to the current severe risk of wildfire, the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Division of Forestry and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest are elevating the current fire restrictions beginning Friday, August 7, 2020 at midnight. The heightened restrictions will prohibit all open flame campfires on state and federal lands, including within developed campgrounds, day use areas and dispersed camp areas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Email: 2020.pinehollow@firenet.gov. Summary: The fire is be managed by local Type 3 team led by Ty Mizer and Brandon Davis (IC3 Trainee). 100% containment. Crews continue repair work in areas impacted by suppression activities. The team is using...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stanley Colin Moldenhauer, age 39, of Plano, Texas was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment, 6 months at a halfway house and 3 years of supervised release for Transmitting a Threatening Communication...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Ethan Erhardt, 37, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty in federal court today to making a straw purchase of ten semi-automatic rifles, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
