News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Anthony Eugene Faison - a 21-year old York man.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, Virginia - Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh 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.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the Bureau of Reclamation will reopen Hoover Dam to the visiting public.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: BOCA RATON, FL - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NOAA announced the opening of the DEVELOP Competition within the Ocean Observing Prize -a multi-stage prize that challenges innovators to integrate marine renewable energy with ocean observation platforms. The DEVELOP Competition challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- United States Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr., announced on Thursday that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Ken Taylor 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.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
Release: We know today that human traffickers deny nearly 25 million people their fundamental right to freedom, forcing them to toil for their exploiters’ profit. However, just over 20 years ago, the world was grappling with and starting to engage in modern efforts to address what we now call human trafficking...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: * On Wednesday, October 21 from 8 a.m.-noon, the road between the Upper and Lower Terraces in Mammoth Hot Springs will close temporarily while crews replace a culvert from a major water line break that occurred on August 14. See for details.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin has announced recent federal grand jury indictments leading to the arrest of seven Baton Rouge men on various firearms and drug trafficking offenses. The federal arrests all occurred on Oct. 13, 2020, and were part of a coordinated federal interagency initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Federal Firearm Prosecutions in Fiscal Year 2020 Remained Steady Despite Challenges of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation will reopen Boca Dam Road this week, which was closed since May 2019 due to a safety project at Boca Dam. Upgrades to the 81-year old dam corrected seismic risks as part of Reclamation’s Safety of Dams Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in Boston to fentanyl conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin has announced recent federal grand jury indictments leading to the arrest of seven Baton Rouge men on various firearms and drug trafficking offenses. The federal arrests all occurred on Oct. 13, 2020, and were part of a coordinated federal interagency initiative ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: BOCA RATON, FL - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 19 quarterfinalists who will advance to the next contest in the $9 million Solar Desalination Prize. Part of DOE’s American-Made Challenges, the Solar Desalination Prize is designed to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to produce clean water from salt water for municipal, agricultural, and industrial use.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced $2,300,000 in Department of Justice grants to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities in Alaska after confinement. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $92 million in funding to support reentry efforts throughout the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the Ready! contest of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize. Launched in April 2020, the prize is designed to spur innovation using additive manufacturing to address challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal environments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: An indictment and a complaint were unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn variously charging 10 defendants with transportation of stolen property, failure to file export information, illegal exportation of electronic devices and conspiracy to commit these offenses. The defendants allegedly participated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been filed charging Jamari Benjamin with interference with commerce by threats or violence and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Roeuth Korm, 33, of Stockton, pleaded guilty Monday to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Max Paul Levine, of Bronx, New York, has admitted to the interstate transport of a minor for sex, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daquan Seabrook, age 25, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release by Chief United States District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for drug trafficking.
