News published on Federal Newswire in November 2020

News from November 2020


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4.2 million for 14 projects to use the U.S. National Laboratories’ supercomputing resources to strengthen domestic manufacturing. Through DOE’s High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) program, competitively selected projects will use advanced modeling, simulation, and data analysis to achieve energy, material, and cost savings in manufacturing.


News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was sentenced today for illegal firearm and drug possession.


Chairs Thompson, Maloney, Correa, and Raskin Announce Coast Guard Has Made Sweeping Policy Changes After Joint Committee Report

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and...


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man is scheduled to make his initial appearance today after being charged with possessing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


Port Saint Joe Man Convicted Of Producing And Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Pensacola has convicted Clark Downs, 71, of Port Saint Joe, Florida, on one count of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The guilty verdict, reached by the jury on Thursday at the conclusion of a 3-day trial, was announced today by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Felon With Firearm Who Fled From Ocala Police Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Kayden James Billings (22, Oxford) to four years and six months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Billings had pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2020.


Austin Bank Robber's "Wild Ride" Ends in Lengthy Prison Sentence

News Release: After describing his crime spree as a “wild ride," 60-year-old Austin bank robber Rodney Glenn Green careened into a 35-year federal prison sentence today announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man has been charged federally with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.


U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspects in Fatal Shooting of Arkansas Police Officer

News Release: Little Rock, AR - The U.S. Marshals arrested two suspects in Mississippi Friday in the fatal shooting of Police Officer Travis Wallace with the Helena-West Helena Police Department (Arkansas) that occurred Thursday.



Federal Indictment Charges Grundy County Man with Illegally Possessing Explosive Devices

News Release: CHICAGO - A Grundy County man has been indicted in federal court in Chicago on charges he illegally possessed explosive devices and handguns.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Kenneth Mark Pohlmann (65, Longwood) to three years and two months in federal prison for passport fraud and identity theft. This sentence will be served consecutively to Pohlmann’s Florida state sentence for lewd act upon a child and lewd act in the presence of a child. Pohlmann was found guilty of passport fraud and identity theft after a bench trial on Aug. 18, 2020.


Tribal Law Enforcement expert hired to coordinate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Program in Washington

News Release: Former Tribal Police Chief, Trainer, and Leader selected by U.S. Attorneys for Western and Eastern Washington.


Felon with Firearm Who Fled from Ocala Police Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Kayden James Billings (22, Oxford) to four years and six months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Billings had pleaded guilty on Aug. 14, 2020.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and...


News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that on Nov. 10, 2020, Thomas Lovett, 36, of El Dorado, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.


Former Executive Vice President of J& R Manufacturing Sentenced to Prison Failing to Pay Taxes, False Statements

News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- Teresa Barringer, the former executive vice present of J&R Manufacturing in Bluefield, Va., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to serve three years in federal prison on charges of failing to pay taxes and making false statements. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar made the announcement.


News Release: Allegedly stole premium payments and allowed insurance policies to lapse without knowledge of clients.


Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Involving Paycheck Protection Program

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ashburn man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison and two years of supervised release for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet their basic expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.