News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NICHOLAS SEPESKO, 70, of Hamden, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with mailing threatening letters, some of which contained white powder, to an individual.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting and Protecting Media Freedom in Afghanistan. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007462. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: HINES, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today the Steens Mountain Advisory Council Public Lands Access Subcommittee has scheduled a winter videoconference. The public is welcome to attend online, Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Visit the Steens Mountain Advisory Council website at.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting and Protecting Media Freedom in Afghanistan. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007462. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged in connection with possessing several firearms, including an AM-15 rifle, as well as quantities of crack cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Michael Bounds, 30, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Keith Starrett to 15 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Bounds was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Justice is recognizing the leadership success of Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt in the city’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Target Enforcement Area. Each year, the Department of Justice recognizes outstanding efforts to restore safety in communities through annual PSN Achievement Awards.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Five Canadian men have been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging they ran a million-dollar telemarketing scam that deceived victims - many of them elderly Southern California residents - into paying off non-existent debts they purportedly owed from magazine subscriptions.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: The Energy Department recently announced an investment of up to $65 million through its Connected Communities funding opportunity. Projects selected will leverage the latest advancements in building science, such as state-of-the-art sensors, controls, and analytics, to manage and deploy grid-scale energy efficiency and distributed energy resources with greater flexibility.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - Workers for the deactivation and decommissioning prime contractor at the Portsmouth Site recently celebrated 4 million safe work hours without a lost-time injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Christopher Michael Cockrell, 45, of Bentonia, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Marvellous Eghaghe was arrested in Houston, Texas in connection with international wire fraud and money laundering schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The former comptroller of the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville was sentenced in federal court in Columbus today for failing to pay payroll taxes withheld from the paychecks of diocesan employees, filing false tax returns and embezzling $299,500 in diocesan funds between 2008 and 2017.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on President-elect Biden’s decision to nominate Lloyd Austin to be Secretary of Defense...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 27-year-old Marshall, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury, sitting in Rutland, charged three men from the Hartford, Connecticut area with an assortment of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine offenses. The defendants are: Ralph Mariani (a.k.a. “D"), 27, of East...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: RICHFIELD, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes adding 30 miles of mountain bike trails and 42 acres of trailheads, dispersed camping, and parking areas to support events in Sanpete and Sevier counties as part of the agency’s continuing effort to create and improve outdoor recreation experiences in coordination with local communities.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: Dear Stakeholders:Our noble mission here at APHIS is to safeguard the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources. To be truly successful in this endeavor, we need global awareness of the ever-present pest and disease risks that threaten the livelihood of farmers and ranchers here ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredoan and a South Carolina man have both admitted guilt after a smuggling attempt leads to a stash house, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and...
