News from December 2020
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Hines, Ore. - On December 7, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management Burns District announced the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment for livestock grazing in the Bridge Creek area on Steens Mountain. The EA and supporting documentation are available for your review on BLM’s National Environmental Policy Act Register at.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five people have been charged for their participation in a scheme to engage in bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: 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 Ranking Member of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three Mexican men and a U.S. citizen have been sentenced for their part in a conspiracy to possess with intent to deliver a large amount of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Today, leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure applauded House passage of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, as well as legislation reauthorizing and supporting Maritime Administration programs. After the completion of bicameral conference negotiations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jermaine Brown, 36, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Keith Starrett to 60 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. Brown was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Portland, OR - At approximately 3:30 p.m. PST on December 8, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force were involved in a shooting incident in Portland, Oregon. The task force was attempting to arrest fugitive Jonathan Crowley, age 31, wanted by the Oregon Department of Corrections on a charge of crimes against person since Sept. 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jay Dean Hall, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2477, the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act of 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Reynolds Rowan, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to making a bomb, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Brandon Ricks, age 31, of Akron, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Benita Y. Pearson to 42 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of firearm and ammunition on Aug. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Bowie, Maryland man pleaded guilty today in federal court to using counterfeit credit cards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is working to speed development of solutions for our most pressing homeland security challenges with the launch of an entrepreneurship program called Hacking for Homeland Security (H4HS). S&T identifies, develops...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Brandon Ricks, age 31, of Akron, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Benita Y. Pearson to 42 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of firearm and ammunition on Aug. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 35-year-old Mexican national has admitted to possessing with intent to distribute over 40 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 1, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against Cornelius M. Jackson (age 31) of Waukesha, Wisconsin, charging him with sex trafficking offenses that spanned over six years and multiple states.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Zachary Rogers, 34, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A Mexican man was convicted Dec. 8 for possessing with intent to distribute over 40 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - United States Attorney David M. DeVillers announced today the U.S. Attorney’s Office - in coordination with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the Cincinnati Division of the FBI and the Columbus Division of Police - will review the facts and circumstances surrounding the Dec. 4, 2020 shooting of Casey Goodson and take appropriate action if the evidence indicates any federal civil rights laws were violated.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
