News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with possession of 30 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging seven alleged members of the Reccless Tigers street gang with various crimes including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Wanted in Operation Legend Carjacking and Firearm Case Surrenders to Las Cruces Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Pesticides.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: A Denison, Texas woman who faked stomach cancer in order to delay a prison sentence has been sentenced to an additional five years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
Release: We, the undersigned members of the International Religious Freedom Alliance (Alliance) call for the full respect for the human right to freedom of religion or belief in line with relevant international human rights instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted stealing a firearm from a vehicle was sentenced today to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. He also was sentenced to a concurrent 18 months in prison for violating the terms of his release on a previous federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A couple from Gilmer, Texas has been indicted and charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: GRAND CANYON, AZ. - Paleontological research has confirmed a series of recently discovered fossils tracks are the oldest recorded tracks of their kind to date within Grand Canyon National Park. In 2016, Norwegian geology professor, Allan Krill, was hiking with his students when he made a surprising discovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, Kassy Rene Freeman, a 36-year-old from Melbourne, Florida, was sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal firearms charge, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Freeman was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after she completes her prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Alisha Deegan Selected as Superintendent. of Knife River Indian Village National Historic Site. Omaha, Neb. - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Alisha Deegan as the new superintendent of Knife River Indian Village National Historic Site located in Stanton...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Scientists have discovered the first reproductive female wolverine and her two offspring (called kits) in Mount Rainier National Park in over one hundred years. Photos of the wolverine family can be found on Mount Rainier’s Flickr album.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors have unsealed a superseding indictment charging a dozen defendants in an illegal scheme to buy millions of dollars’ worth of electronics from a national retailer by using fraudulently acquired discounts and employee identification numbers, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette participated in the official visit of the Iraqi delegation to Washington, D.C. including a bilateral energy ministerial meeting with the Iraqi Ministers of Oil and Electricity and a Roundtable with the Iraqi Prime Minister and the U.S. energy industry. Tomorrow, Secretary Brouilette will join President Donald J. Trump and the Iraqi delegation for a bilateral meeting at the White House.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Eric Romero-Lobato, 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks to a total of 26 years and seven months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for committing two separate violent crimes involving firearms and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Marie Schaeffer, 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon her release from prison, Schaeffer will serve five years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration has launched a pilot program to translate into Spanish select web content for users of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS commonly referred to as drones).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: A shoddily tailored suit or a shrunken T-shirt may not be the most stylish, but wearing them is unlikely to hurt more than your reputation. An ill-fitting robotic exoskeleton on the battlefield or factory floor, however, could be a much bigger problem than a fashion faux pas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Two Men Charged with Mail Fraud and Another with Wire Fraud.
