News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 75 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, President Trump announced an additional up to $1 billion will be added to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program while the economy continues to reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Iowa man today admitted to producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Mohamed Abdirahman Osman, aka, Mustaf Adan Arale, 29, of Mogadishu, Somalia, was sentenced to time served by District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez. Osman previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of False Swearing in an Immigration Matter. Osman has been in custody for two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Hallet Merrick, 34, of White River Junction, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to unlawfully possessing a firearm and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Friday, August 28th, 2020. Hereford, AZ - Thursday morning, National Park Rangers discovered the unidentified body of an adult male in a wash near East Montezuma Canyon Road. Cochise County Sheriff’s Department was contacted. Deputies and crime scene personnel among other Cochise County authorities responded.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Berryessa remains closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was charged in connection with paying bribes to receive contracts for work at three collegiate institutions, including one located in Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin lowering water levels in Lake Mohave on September 1 to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration today announced $4.8 million in Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants to eight recipients in eight states to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities across America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Dumfries, Virginia, man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies as part of a $3.2 million romance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen sentenced to prison the leader and members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring on drug conspiracy charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea and sentencing of TYRONE ANTHONY LAMAR STEWART, 35, to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. STEWART pleaded guilty and was sentenced earlier today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Aug. 28, 2020] - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the first Science and History Week virtual speaker series on September 21-24. Topics include land restoration, wildlife research, and historical park figures. All virtual events are free and open to the public. Participants can register online to watch each live presentation.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
Release: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a gun at three Florida airports yesterday and at another today. Travelers brought the guns to Orlando International (MCO), Miami International (MIA), Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) and Tampa International (TPA) airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin Peterson, age 36, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment followed by three years on supervised release on Aug. 25, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for participating in a conspiracy to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTIAN RIVERA-TORRES, also known as “Pantera," 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Over the past two weeks, federal, state and local authorities have arrested 21 individuals in connection with a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking operations based in the Austin area, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - Casey Lee Gilmer, 34, of Harrison County, Mississippi pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF").
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Dennis Mbongeni Jali, age 35, formerly of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; John Erasmus Frimpong, age 40, of Upper Marlboro; and Arley Ray Johnson, age 61, of Bowie, Maryland on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering. The indictment was returned on July 27, 2020, and was unsealed today.
