News from December 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement on the ongoing cyber-attacks against our federal agencies, U.S. companies, and some state governments. Peters and Portman...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: With murders in Austin up 55% over the previous year, U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer, joined by dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement officials, announced in Austin today the implementation of Operation Undaunted, a program designed to tackle the rising violent crime rate, interrupt violence, protect innocent life and restore peace to Austin neighborhoods.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today regarding the SolarWinds cyberattack...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Falsely Certified that the Products Were Manufactured in Countries Approved Under Federal Regulations, When He Knew They Were From China, Which is Not Approved.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - In keeping with the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States State Office held an oil and gas lease sale Dec. 17, 2020, that resulted in competitive bids on five of the fifteen parcels offered for 443.415 acres located in Arkansas and Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, urging the Trump administration to refrain from including sweeping liability protection language modeled on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 in a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the Algoma Central Corporation, headquartered in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr. to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act and will face a significant fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman named Wayne Pullan regional director of the Upper Colorado Basin Region. Pullan has more than 25 years of Reclamation experience and will officially assume his duties as regional director Dec. 20, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Defendant Ordered a “Hit" on the Person He Believed Had Cooperated with Law Enforcement & Led to his Federal Prosecution on Drug Distribution Conspiracy Charges; Faces Likely Sentence of 10 Years in Federal Prison, Consecutive to Sentence for Drug Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Freddy Moore, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 66 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Christopher C. Brown, 43, of Cordova, Tennessee has been federally indicted for a fraudulent scheme to unlawfully obtain $5.9 million dollars from multiple insurance companies. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -David Vann, 29, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to nine years and two months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcus Brown, 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to two counts of sex trafficking of minors. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRANDON WARD, age 33, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a one-count Indictment charging him with distribution of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including children as young as less than one (1) year old, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney further strengthens partnership with Jefferson Commonwealth’s Attorney to reduce murders & shootings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Jeremiah Butler-Jackson (20, Tampa) to four years and two months in federal prison for possessing a loaded gun as a convicted felon. Butler-Jackson had pleaded guilty on October 8, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 32-year-old Marshall, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans today renewed their call for Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to hold hybrid or socially distanced hearings instead of remote hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nicholas Vuksinich, 35, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 17 years and seven months in prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Florida, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of importing 15.62 kilograms of crystal meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
