News from November 2020
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Montana counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Big Horn and Carter counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing for a surge in anticipated fraud by criminal networks related to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. In response, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has launched Operation Stolen Promise 2.0, the next phase of strategic efforts to identify and prevent the production, sale and distribution of unapproved or unauthorized COVID-19 products and drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Callers Based in India Impersonated Federal Employees and Netted Over $2 Million From Victims Across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In a superseding indictment unsealed today that adds new details to the criminal case alleging a widespread corruption scheme led by former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, a federal grand jury has added five defendants, including former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan, to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Michael John Suppes, age 47, of Weld County, Colorado, was sentenced today to serve 46 months (nearly 4 years) in federal prison for smuggling gun parts out of the United States and possessing unregistered firearms. Suppes was also ordered to serve 3 years on supervised release. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced that Lennie T. Whisenant, Jr., 26, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: If you’re reading this, then you have a computer. And whether it sits on a desk or rides around with you in a pocket, you want it to be secure. November 30 is Computer Security Day. This year, it just so happens to also fall on Cyber Monday-a day when millions of online shoppers are relying on invisible 0s and 1s as they click their way to the perfect present.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 29-year-old resident of Rio Grande City has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of importing 59 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected and prevented two handguns from making their way in the passenger cabin of airplanes at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Sunday.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jermaine Stapleton, 37, Eagan, Minnesota was sentenced on November 24 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 78 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Stapleton pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 3, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tennessee returned a two-count indictment on Nov. 24, 2020 against James J. Martin, Lee Antonio Clements Jr., and Ricky Harper, all of Chattanooga, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s hearing on apportionment.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of the Grid Resilience for National Security (GRNS) subcommittee as part of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). Enhancing the EAC’s mission of advising DOE’s strategy to modernize the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure, the GRNS will provide guidance on anticipating intensifying threats and developing new approaches to risk management and threat mitigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Trent Jerrod Daniels, 33, of Columbia, was sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Committee Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statements on the passing of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) President Larry Willis...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One of 16 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB), a prison-based gang, charged in 2019 for organized criminal activity inside and outside of California’s prisons has pleaded guilty today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in El Paso, Garza and Kimble counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee seeks assistance in understanding the events of June 1, 2020, when police attacked peaceful protestors at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. Specifically, the Committee is looking for video and/or photographic evidence of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Labor seeking an investigation into California’s Employment Development Department (EDD), with particular attention to fraud and to EDD’s practice of mailing documents that contain individuals’ social security numbers (SSNs).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One of 16 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB), a prison-based gang, charged in 2019 for organized criminal activity inside and outside of California’s prisons has pleaded guilty today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced.