News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Announces Civil Investigation into Louisiana's Prisoner Release Practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Solomon K. Gebretekle, 22, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 200 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in and around Charleston, W.Va.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Megan Rossi (619) 546-9661.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that SCANA Corp. and its subsidiary SCE&G have agreed to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit charging them with defrauding investors by making false and misleading statements about the nuclear...
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Comoros is available on the Comoros Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former investment manager was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud a North Carolina-based life insurance company out of over $34 million.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - This evening, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree at President’s Park. This special moment will be featured in the virtual 98th National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, accompanied by holiday performances, and will be available to watch on-demand at thenationaltree.org starting at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 3 and throughout the holiday season.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the third phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began November 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Nov. 19, 2020, through Jan. 14, 2021. No changes were made to the questionnaire for this phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: In the Eastern District of Kentucky, two significant cases against money mules are scheduled for sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Bend, Oregon resident was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment today for running an illicit Butane Honey Oil (BHO) extraction lab on rural Bend property, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kenneth Winton, 67, of Oroville, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to a $35 million Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Following safe guidance regarding COVID-19, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park will offer only limited services this winter. Ranger-led snowshoe tours are cancelled, and the park will not be able to loan snowshoes to individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to over 18 years in prison for conspiring to traffic wholesale amounts of cocaine in and around Hampton Roads and to possessing several guns to protect his drug trade.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota congratulated incoming Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia following his election to the position by the House Democratic Caucus Thursday...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HERIBERTO BATIZ, 55, formerly of New Britain and New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 10 months of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Seth Strand, 31, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: MONTE VISTA, COLO - The Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office and BLM Rocky Mountain District Fire are preparing to conduct a prescribed burn at Blanca Wetlands, approximately 11 miles northeast of Alamosa.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
Release: More information about Estonia is available on the Estonia Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after being reelected Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the 117th Congress...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) is partnering with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) to pilot enhancements to the energy sector’s information sharing capabilities and rapidly identify security threats to utilities across the nation.
