News from October 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: * The parkwide fire danger has been reduced to MODERATE due to widespread precipitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Defendant Submitted a Passport Renewal Application Using Deceased Brother’s Identity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: Local Tax Business Alleged to be Responsible for $1.1 Million in Fraudulently Obtained COVID-19 Related Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2020
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.