News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Tewksbury man was charged today in federal court in Boston with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Sunny Sok, 30, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of firearms and narcotics offenses arising from his illegal possession of a firearm and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statements on H.R. 14, the Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Hudson, includes provisions under the jurisdiction of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gimy Rodriguez, a/k/a “Carvo," age 28, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2020, to 262 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani, for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 30, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statements on H.R. 14, the Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Hudson, includes provisions under the jurisdiction of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A licensed pharmacist who owned and operated CARE4U Pharmacy in Manassas was sentenced today to two years in prison and ordered to pay $53,100 in forfeiture for illegally distributing prescription drugs, including over 9,000 oxycodone pills, Adderall, and Xanax.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two former employees of eBay, Inc. pleaded guilty today to their roles in a cyberstalking campaign targeting the editor and publisher of a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - the Honorable District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Zachariah Fredrickson, 32, of Kapolei, Hawaii, to ten years in prison, to be followed by ten years of supervised release, for attempting to entice a 13 year-old minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity. He will also pay a $5000 special assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Brian Lockett, age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 12 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the federal charges of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Gianluca Quagliaroli, 21, of North Carolina, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 121 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Acting Special Agent in Charge Gilbert Trill...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A new state-of-the-art computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging has been installed and is in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Blue Grass Airport (LEX).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kathy A. Michalko, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“Secret Service"), Phillip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Garrett Neal, 27, of Sheep Springs, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with second degree murder in Indian Country.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Zeta to be aware of hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Monett, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine in southern Missouri.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) celebrated the construction of nearly 400 miles of new border wall system , in high priority locations across the Southwest border under the Trump Administration.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Effective physical infrastructure works to secure our Southwest Border. Since the U.S. Border Patrol began constructing border barriers nearly 30 years ago, these barriers have proved to be a critical component in gaining operational control of the border.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: ReConnect Funding to Connect 563 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity BISMARCK, N.D., Oct. 29, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Dakota and Montana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
