News published on Federal Newswire in October 2020

News from October 2020


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Over $220 Million in Grants for America’s Ports

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the award of more than $220 million in discretionary grant funding to improve port facilities in 15 states and territories through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Historic Commercial Space Transportation Reforms

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the publication of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Streamlined Launch and Reentry Licensing Requirements Final Rule for commercial space transportation launches and reentries.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Drug Dealing Conspiracy

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Reyes, 31, of Mendota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Eleven Individuals Charged in Red Lake Methamphetamine, Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced two separate federal indictments charging 11 individuals in connection with parallel methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution conspiracies on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Ten defendants are currently in custody and will make their initial appearances in U.S. District Court over the next several days.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, Timothy J. Downing, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, highlighted the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. Each U.S. Attorney’s Office is responsible for handling complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.


18 month multi-agency operation “Fury Road” results in 82 federal prosecutions; seizure of 128 firearms, 1 kilogram of heroin and cocaine base

News Release: BURLINGTON, VT - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Christina E. Nolan, announced today the results of an 18-month multi-agency enforcement operation targeting the illegal trafficking of firearms and drugs between...


MS-13 Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Violent Racketeering Crimes, Including Two Murders

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced MS-13 gang member Albaro Rosa Moreno, a/k/a Slow, age 24, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities, including two murders.


News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Drug Dealing Conspiracy

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Reyes, 31, of Mendota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On Saturday, Sept. 19, staff from Yellowstone National Park, the Wyoming Wetlands Society, and Ricketts Conservation Foundation released eight young trumpeter swans (cygnets) at Alum Creek in Hayden Valley.


New Orleans Man Sentenced for Being an Armed Career Criminal

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Oct. 13, 2020, BRIAN STEPHENS, a/k/a “Toomer," age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced for possessing firearms after felony convictions.


Crockett County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: Jackson, TN - Christopher Ethan Webb, 24, of Crockett County, TN has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.


Fugitive Charged With Leading Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme, Falsifying Evidence, And Tax Crimes

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An American citizen was charged in two indictments unsealed this week for his alleged participation in an investment fraud scheme in which he allegedly misappropriated $6.1 million in investor-funds, manufactured evidence to mislead an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and concealed the proceeds of his fraudulent scheme from the IRS.


News Release: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Transitions to New Schedule.


News Release: Fugitive Charged with Leading Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme, Falsifying Evidence, and Tax Crimes.


Reclamation notifies public of hazardous conditions at Alcova Reservoir

News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation urges the public to avoid steep shoreline areas at Alcova Reservoir through the end of the calendar year because of dangerous unstable bank conditions which have occurred as a result of lowering the reservoir well below the normal winter operating level.