News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Derick Pacheco-Garcia, 32, of Albuquerque, has been charged in a criminal complaint with assault on a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Pacheco-Garcia is scheduled for an initial appearance in federal court on Dec. 15 at 9:28 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: With roughly half a million yearly visitors to 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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK CARR, also known as “FL," 53, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to 126 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed a prior federal narcotics conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the recent announcement that the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will continue its work in the 117th Congress under Chairwoman Kathy Castor (D-Fla.). Chair Grijalva recently published an op-ed in Politico Magazine - available online at.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former semiconductor engineer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for committing insider trading when he obtained his publicly traded employer’s non-public financial results without authorization and then illegally used the confidential information to purchase large amounts of stock prior to the information’s release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jose Luis Sanchez-Lule (age 37) to five years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation. The court also ordered Sanchez-Lule to forfeit a firearm and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following joint statement on multiemployer pension relief and reform negotiations.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to claim lives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) warns individuals who may try to exploit the crisis for illegal financial gain.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Dear Chairman Grassley: Now that the states’ Presidential Electors have been certified and cast their ballots, giving Joe Biden a clear victory, I write to renew my request, made previously through staff, that the Finance Committee promptly review the key nominations President-Elect Biden has announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JOSHUA HOCKLESS, age 29, a resident of Belle Chasse, was charged on Dec. 11, 2020 with one count of bank fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. If convicted, HOCKLESS faces maximum penalties of 30 years imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities have arrested a former Department of Defense civilian official on charges that he took $34,000 in illegal cash payments from a private contractor to support the contractor’s effort to obtain $6.4 million from the government in connection with construction projects on a Navy base in the African nation of Djibouti, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Keonna Davis, 33, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Casper, Wyoming, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a federal jury trial was sentenced on Nov. 20, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is recognizing the agency’s highest performers and the most effective teams of 2020. The 2020 TSA Honorary Awards celebration will be conducted virtually this year to highlight the distinguished work of the recognized individuals and teams.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMIE MARIE KILLIAN (“KILLIAN"), age 40, of Chalmette, Louisiana, was indicted on Dec. 11, 2020 by a federal grand jury for theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced plans to make more than $7 million in Federal funding available for cost-shared research and development to support the design, validation, and fabrication of a prototype carbon-based building.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Steven Malcolm Johns, 34, of Sacaton, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 5 years in prison for Habitual Domestic Assault and 7 years in prison for Possessing Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. The sentences will run concurrently, and be followed by four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced his resignation today, effective at 11:59 p.m., Jan. 5, 2021. Mr. Carpenito made the following statement regarding his departure and tenure in office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jonathan Burgess, of Augusta, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
