News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- United States Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Austin Rice-Stitt will lead local efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020 general election. AUSA Rice-Stitt...
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joshua Gutierrez, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation of New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management announces that it is seeking public nominations for five positions on its Southern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Pecos District, Las Cruces District and Socorro Field Office. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until Nov. 13, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jenna Vandemortel, 29, of Ontario, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with theft of mail. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Coral Gables.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.25 million grant to the Ardmore Development Authority, Ardmore, Oklahoma, to make water infrastructure upgrades needed to support business growth at the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Wire Fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: I write to express concern regarding recent reports of your Administration’s continued interference with the decision making of public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for political reasons. The Trump Administration’s repeated political...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Arlington man was sentenced today to over 15 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor in the Richmond area.
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: We write to express our deep concern about the conduct of the Government of the Republic of Turkey over the course of the last several years and the Administration’s consistent failure to hold President Erdogan sufficiently accountable for such conduct. Though Turkey is an important...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against an East Longmeadow man who was previously charged with placing an incendiary device at the entrance of a Jewish-sponsored senior health care organization. The superseding indictment adds an additional charge of lying to federal agents.
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: United States Attorney Jeff Jensen and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan announced substantial grants to fund crime laboratories, decrease DNA backlogs, support basic and applied forensic research, and help law enforcement identify missing persons in the Eastern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: Eastern District of Louisiana Charged 38 Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty in federal court here today to seven robberies at local businesses, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Friday.
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: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray today announced a $326,150 Department of Justice grant to Carroll County to support adult and juvenile justice initiatives to reduce crime and recidivism associated with mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it is seeking public nominations to four citizens’ advisory committees affiliated with specific sites on the BLM’s National Conservation Lands. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.
