News published on Federal Newswire in October 2020

News from October 2020


U.S. Attorney Appoints Election Officers to Respond to Election Fraud or Voting Rights Complaints in Maine

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) John Osborn and Andrew McCormack will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 3 general election. AUSAs Osborn...


Adopt your very own Northern Nevada Correctional Center  saddle-trained wild horse

News Release: RENO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries will offer animals online, from November 3-10, 2020. The adoption is being coordinated through the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Online Corral. The NNCC trained animals adopted will only be available for pickup on December 12 from the Wild Horse and Burro Center at Palomino Valley Center, located in Reno, Nevada.


Man Arrested for Threatening to Injure Federal Judge

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested Oct. 18, 2020, for threatening to injure a federal judge, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


Yellowstone reduces fire danger to MODERATE

News Release: * The parkwide fire danger has been reduced to MODERATE due to widespread precipitation.


News Release: Defendant Submitted a Passport Renewal Application Using Deceased Brother’s Identity.


News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White accepted a plea today from LeVaughn Neal. The 35-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


Al Qaeda-Trained Jihadist Who Recruited Network of Terrorists to Kill Americans on Behalf of ISIS Sentenced to 300 Months

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 46-year-old international terrorist convicted for continuing to provide support to terrorist organizations while an inmate at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has been sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.


Kansas City man faces 12 years in prison for distributing heroin

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty today to a charge of distributing heroin, which could send him to federal prison for 12 years.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Charges 3 with COVID-19 Relief Fraud

News Release: Local Tax Business Alleged to be Responsible for $1.1 Million in Fraudulently Obtained COVID-19 Related Economic Injury Disaster Loans.


Ocean observing prize solicits designs for tomorrow’s storm tracking technology

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and NOAA announced the opening of the DEVELOP Competition offsite link within the Ocean Observing Prize offsite link, a multi-stage prize that challenges innovators to integrate marine renewable energy with ocean observation platforms. The DEVELOP Competition challenges...


News Release: United States Attorney Peter Deegan announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Daniel Tvedt 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 Tvedt has been appointed...


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Montrose man has been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with defrauding investors out of more than $1 million via an adult entertainment website scam, the Justice Department announced today.


Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened over 1 million passengers Sunday, representing the highest number of passengers screened at TSA checkpoints since March 17, 2020. In addition to screening one million passengers in a single day, TSA screened 6.1 million passengers...


News Release: On Oct. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned an indictment charging six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia) and officers in Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.


News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In February of this year United States Attorney Russell Coleman officially opened a full-time staffed federal prosecutors’ office in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a first in the history of the Commonwealth.


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.



News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - United States Attorney Michael Bailey announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Sean Lokey will lead the efforts of his office related to the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the general election on November 3.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two males and one female have been indicted by a federal grand jury for three counts of aggravated assault, maiming, and robbery.


Lake Traverse Trio Charged with Robbery and Aggravated Assault That Nearly Resulted in Victim’s Death

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two males and one female have been indicted by a federal grand jury for three counts of aggravated assault, maiming, and robbery.