News from December 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the bipartisan COVID relief package unveiled today...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Exploitation of a Child; Distribution of Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors; and Possession of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: With roughly one million yearly visitors to Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild & Scenic River, there are necessary and appropriate business opportunities. The National Park Service must determine what types of commercial activities are necessary and appropriate. That is to say, all commercial activities should provide high quality visitor experiences while protecting important natural, cultural, and scenic resources.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement of the Trump Administration's formal rescission of Sudan's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST):
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Martel DaAngelo Brown, 33, of Huntington, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for two counts of distribution of fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former Hampton police detective was sentenced today to six years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Vine Grove, Kentucky man, who carjacked and murdered one person in Louisville has been arrested and charged with carjacking, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Brian James Tepner, 48, of Fairbanks, Alaska, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison followed by 8 years of supervised release on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man and woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced on Nov. 16, 2020, and December 7, 2020, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will impose sanctions on the government of Turkey over its purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Kwaine Brengettcy, 34, of Detroit, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Monte Pritchard, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was indicted by a grand jury today for his role in a conspiracy to distributed illegal drugs in Paterson, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced that an agreement has been reached with the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) to resolve the office’s findings of fraud and corruption within the UAW.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: MAYS LANDING, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced an Atlantic County Grand Jury has handed up an indictment against a Pleasantville man for first degree narcotics distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Peter D. Leary has been named as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Acting U.S. Attorney Leary previously served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney since 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Santwon Antonio Davis has pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud his employer in May 2020 by submitting a fraudulent COVID-19 medical excuse letter. He also pleaded guilty to bank fraud related to a scheme to defraud a mortgage company while he was on bond for the earlier COVID-19 wire fraud charge.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: The winter season has begun at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. As temperatures fall, concessioner-operated facilities will reduce hours of operation at some facilities, while closing others.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation is having a record year with supporting 35 licensed commercial space launches thus far in 2020 with the potential for even more before the year ends. The prior record of 33 was established in 2018.
