News from August 2020
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
Release: Basic Science Aims to Ensure Availability of Materials for Essential Technologies
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging DYLAN SHAKESPEARE ROBINSON, 22, DAVON DE-ANDRE TURNER, 24, BYRCE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, 26, and BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, with one count each of conspiracy to commit arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today filed a criminal information charging a longtime Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist and close associate of City Councilman Jose Huizar with participating in a bribery scheme in which he brokered deals where a developer client agreed to make $50,000 in political donations in exchange for Huizar’s official actions for the developer’s benefit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A California man who admitted blackmailing an individual for years by threatening to inform on the person if he wasn't paid money was sentenced today to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news President Trump announced he plans to nominate Chad Wolf to be Homeland Security Secretary. Recently, the Government Accountability Office released a legal decision determining that Mr. Wolf was illegally appointed to the position of Acting Secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A former inmate of the United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday for his role in introducing heroin and buprenorphine into the prison, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Timothy Semones Embezzled $3 Million to Build House in Ketchum.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican national has pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A team of chemists and lab technicians has moved into its permanent home in the Analytical Laboratory (LAB) at Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Mike Stuart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement officials, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 3 p.m., regarding law enforcement actions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Ventura, CA -A volunteer team that maintains the native plant garden at Channel Islands National Park has received national recognition as the winners of the prestigious National Park Service (NPS) Hartzog Volunteer Group Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMEL GENERAL, also known as “Ra," 38, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Hashim Hussein, a citizen of Kuwait, has admitted to selling cocaine near West Virginia University, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty today to a charge related to his possession of an assault rifle, handgun, ballistic vest, and eight magazines of ammunition after leaving the Robert E. Lee Monument during civil unrest on June 12 in Richmond.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that, on Aug. 20, 2020, U.S. District Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced DERRIS HELTON, age 37, of Marrero, Louisiana, to seventy-two (72) months’ imprisonment and (4) four years’ supervised release after pleading guilty to a one-count superseding...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A mother today admitted to a federal court judge that she participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy run by her son while he was incarcerated in the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI). The son, with the mother’s assistance, directed drug dealers to sell crack cocaine to people outside of the prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: CODY, Wyoming - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will partner with the community at the Four Bear Trail on Saturday, Sept. 12, for a shared conservation stewardship project in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Investigation revealed she had intentionally falsified DHS and RRED applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A serial bank robber who went on a crime spree within weeks after being released from a federal prison was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bank robbery, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
