News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert W. Wood, 50, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography and violation of supervised release, was sentenced to serve 154 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Three family members have been indicted on a labor trafficking conspiracy charge for allegedly forcing two undocumented West African teenagers to work in the Chicago suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE -U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman today announced that the state of Rhode Island received $499,998 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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Stanley Griffin, 27, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to seven years in federal prison for committing an armed robbery of a Madison bank. His sentence will be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: POCATELLO - Carlos Brewer, 42, of Pocatello, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 235 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior Ninth Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith, sitting as a U.S. District Court judge, also ordered Brewer serve a lifetime of supervised release following his prison sentence. Brewer pleaded guilty to the charge on January 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 48-year-old man has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 183 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes:APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soil from areas within the continental United States that are under quarantine for specific plant pests. The Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map provides an overview of the plant pest quarantines that affect ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM’s cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) took a major step forward with removal of the Centrifuge Complex in late July.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - To commemorate President Donald J. Trump’s signing of the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 into law this week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will join other Department of the Interior agencies in providing free access to public lands nationwide on Wednesday, August 5. The signing...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument has resumed operations on Tuesday, August 4th, under Phase 1 of Covid Adaptive Recovery. While park trails and restroom facilities are available, historic Fort Pulaski, the visitor center, and the north shoreline remain closed.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is proposing mine-reclamation activities at the Burro Mines Complex located in the Slick Rock area of southwestern San Miguel County, Colorado, on DOE Uranium Lease Tract SR-13. LM has issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old resident of Houston is in custody for charges relating to sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: Outer Banks Group staff conducted post-Tropical Storm Isaias assessments this morning at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial. The assessments concluded that facilities that were open prior to the storm’s development are safe to reopen by tomorrow, August 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for trafficking kilograms of cocaine and laundering narcotics proceeds and payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Courtney Marie Zirkle, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - August 4, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury this afternoon returned a 26-count indictment that charges a Pasadena man with making a series of detailed threats to harm, rape and kill 10 victims he met in various social and business settings.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to President Trump’s decision to suspend the entry of certain temporary workers in a recently signed proclamation, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeremy Elguez, 32, of Chico, pleaded guilty today to burglarizing 10 post offices, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Sylmar man was charged today in a federal grand jury indictment alleging that he deliberately set Hollywood’s Pizzeria Mozza restaurant on fire during the civil disturbances that struck the city in late May.
