News from November 2020
By DOL Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced new child nutrition program flexibilities, including sodium reduction in school-offered meals...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Arson was sentenced on Nov. 24, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of LUCAS JAY MADISON, 40, to 235 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. MADISON, who pleaded guilty on July 21, 2020, was sentenced yesterday before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the City of Tecumseh, Nebraska, to make critical utility infrastructure improvements needed to increase electricity generation capacity and stability. The EDA grant, to be matched with $304,863 in local investment, is expected to create 50 jobs and spur $2 million in private investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, MICHAEL LEE OLIVER, 33, of Lawton, was sentenced to serve nine months in federal prison for illegally possessing ammunition after having been previously convicted of a felony crime stemming from his serial theft of ammunition from local retail stores, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif.- With the Thanksgiving holiday weekend approaching, California State Parks, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) advise outdoor enthusiasts to recreate responsibly by being prepared, flexible and respectful when venturing...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - With more Americans expected to do their holiday shopping online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging all consumers to be on alert for holiday shopping scams and cyber threats, which historically spike during the holiday season.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: EM continues to make progress on its. EM Update is highlighting accomplishments in EM’s priority groups through the end of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that two sealed indictments returned on November 18 by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, have been unsealed. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Tristian Cadman, of Tohajilee, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder and using a firearm in a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 24, 2020 - A Nashville woman pleaded guilty yesterday to her involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy that pumped enormous amounts of illegal and deadly drugs into the Nashville area, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: NOAA today unveiled a new strategy for the response to stony coral tissue loss disease, a disease that is spreading throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean region and may pose a threat to the Indo-Pacific region.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Francesco Anglin, 23, Madison, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 43 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans seized 51,000 counterfeit items valued at more than $16.7 million during a holiday-related intellectual property rights surge operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Sutton man was arrested and charged today with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAKEEM GRANT, 32, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, and while he was on supervised release following a prior federal conviction for the same offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that, on Nov. 20, 2020, CURTIS EMILIEN, age 25 of Kenner, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922 and 924.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today it is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on a project that includes a proposal for additional access to the Graveyard Fields trail system from John Rock Overlook at Milepost 419.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Currently access to Graveyard Fields...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: Today U.S. Attorney Christina E. Nolan announced the opening of a groundbreaking recovery program designed to serve women with complex trauma histories, such as domestic violence, physical violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking, many of whom have also suffered from substance use disorder. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 that KESHAWN PATTON, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
