News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Jensen’s scheme caused Consumer Credit Union to enter a forced merger with another credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice, in an announcement by Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Eric S. Dreiband, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Katharine T. Sullivan, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Erica H. MacDonald, unveiled...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Brent Gray will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA Gray has been appointed to serve...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau celebrates the third observance of World Statistics Day as part of a global collective effort to recognize the importance of statistical data sharing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Over $4.5 Million Awarded Throughout Florida’s Northern District.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: FREDERICK, Md.- To restore historic viewsheds on the Thomas and Worthington Farms, Monocacy National Battlefield will remove trees within targeted areas starting Oct. 20 through Dec. 30, 2020. This work will help restore historic sight lines that were present during the 1864 Battle of Monocacy and increase opportunities for the public to access and learn about the battlefield. The park will replant the areas where trees are removed and maintain them as open spaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - JOHN ADRIAN GARCIA.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced Thursday the opening of the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking, the U.S. government’s first-ever integrated law enforcement operations center directly supporting federal criminal investigations, victim assistance efforts, intelligence analysis, and outreach and training activities related to human trafficking and forced labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Four kilos of narcotics, three firearms, two vehicles and $140,000 in cash seized during searches.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Duianete Moore to 264 months in prison. The 39-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of robbery affecting interstate commerce, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the environmental assessment for the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) eradication program in Charleston, Colleton, and Dorchester counties in South Carolina. Although the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - The Department of Justice is reminding members of the public to be vigilant against fraudsters who are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit American consumers and organizations and to cheat disaster relief programs, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. In...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Join us live from our Facebook channel on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 4:00 pm for a virtual Howling Homestead event. This livestream program will consist of four fifteen-minute educational programs including a “mad scientist", observing raptors and owls, storytelling, and more! To attend this virtual program you can visit www.facebook.com/HomesteadNM and join the livestream.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Deontre Christian Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Joshua Wills, 31, of Bremerton, Washington, was sentenced to 23 months already served for assaulting two special agents with the United States Secret Service. Wills has remained in custody since his arrest on Nov. 19, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea today announced that the DEA will direct resources to help reduce violent crime in communities throughout the country. Under this initiative, called Project Safeguard, DEA will identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today after U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a report examining foreign influence on American higher education...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Seven people are facing charges in drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: While adapting operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EM has continued closing in on a key to begin demolition at the Portsmouth Site’s X-326 Process Building, and is making headway in cleanup projects at other sites.
