News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: District of Idaho Charged 60 Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Strasser today announced $2,913,487 in Department of Justice grants to the Eastern District of Louisiana to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research, and help law enforcement identify missing persons. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of $192 million in funding to advance forensic science nationwide.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Natchez Trace Parkway is increasing access to the Parkway Comfort Stations. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Benny F. Hall & Sons LLC (BHS), Oak Hall, Va., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operator of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank today announced awards of more than $1 million in Department of Justice grants to fight drug abuse and addiction in Maine. The grants were awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and are part of more than $341 million going to communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Wire Fraud was sentenced by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Raleigh man with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - United States Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Alan T. Simpson 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. Simpson has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Over the past several months, three members of a drug trafficking organization operating in Houston County were sentenced to prison, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell. The most recent sentencing occurred this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Andrew Lelling announces the creation of a statewide Civil Rights Task Force, which will coordinate with, and support, local and state law enforcement in preventing, investigating and prosecuting civil rights violations in Massachusetts. The Task Force will enhance collaboration...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Join us on Oct. 31, 2020 for a candlelit tour of the Allegheny Portage Railroad and hear about the darker side of life and death on the Portage Railroad. Learn about the hazards that workers and travelers of the 1830s and 1840s faced as they crossed the Allegheny Mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jahmeek Croley a/k/a “Meeker," age 33, of Albany, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon.
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chair, released the following statement on Turkey reportedly test-firing the Russian made S-400.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was arrested Wednesday and charged in federal court in Boston yesterday on cocaine distribution charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ST. GEORGE- Due to dry conditions, 2020 has become a unique, extended fire year as the area received little moisture over the typically wet monsoon season. Throughout the lengthy fire season, firefighters have not only assisted on fires in Australia and neighboring states, they have battled blazes here...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - United States Attorney Kurt Alme today announced that Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA) Brendan McCarthy 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 McCarthy has been appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Grovetown convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a pipe bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Dominique Dontona Ashford, 36, of Meridian, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Tom S. Lee, to two concurrent 262 month sentences in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, as well as a $1,500.00 fine, for being a convicted felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg - United States Attorney David J. Freed announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric Pfisterer 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 Eric...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - This week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These cases have been a Department priority since November...
