News from December 2020
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that on Dec. 18, 2020, U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason sentenced Keon Aspaas, 33, of Eagle River, to 180 months in federal prison for of sexual exploitation of a child - production and attempted production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, released the following statement on the passing of Dr. T. Allen Bethel.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals-led Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two men who are wanted in connection to two separate murder investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville man who shot two police officers and fired multiple rounds at other officers during civil unrest in Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with civil disorder, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that the Eastern District of North Carolina collected $7,077,577.63 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of this amount, $3,728,529.18 was collected in criminal actions and $3,349,048.45 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, over $4.4 million was collected in asset forfeitures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Robert Rankins Jr., age 50, of Iowa City, to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing heroin announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term Rankins Jr. was ordered to serve five years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: In Austin today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew W. Austin ordered that 38-year-old Round Rock resident Tu Hoang Dinh remain in federal custody after he entered a not-guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges involving the Dark Web, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee, San Antonio Division; and Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy L. McCullough, a/k/a Trey, 48, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison and a maximum of life.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Subcommittee Member Katie Porter sent letters to 11 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and a letter to the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) requesting documents...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - A criminal complaint was filed yesterday against a resident of Epping, New Hampshire for sending threatening communications to the chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvasers (Adult Victim-1), announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the results of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has been sanctioned by the United States since 2004 for its funding of terrorist activities, including those of Osama bin Laden.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Defrauded Park City Dry Cleaning and Linen out of $672,081 by Stealing Cash Receipts from their Retail Locations.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ/UT. - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is experiencing supply chain delays impacting the completion of replacing its monument signs. The project consists of replacing park monument signs that were over 25 years old, faded and damaged and replacing them with...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday the agency’s fiscal year 2020 annual report numbers, highlighting trends that underscore the administration’s focus on enforcing immigration laws and leading investigations that threaten or exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: On Monday, Dec. 21, the National Park Service closed on a 280-acre donated parcel at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. This addition creates more access to address wildfire mitigation on the western side of the monument and provides additional montane habitat. This donation was made possible through the generosity of the local landowner and by way of Congress through the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, passed in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Anthony David Collins, age 30, of Burlington, to 144 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Following his prison term Collins was ordered to serve five years of supervised release, as well as pay $300 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: Monticello, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct several prescribed fires in San Juan County. Slash-burning is a form of fire mitigation designed to keep public lands healthy. It has been shown to reduce wildfire risk to adjacent areas, restore riparian ecosystem health, improve native plant communities, and enhance wildlife habitat. Prescribed burns work to protect local communities from destructive wildfire by pro-actively managing landscapes.
