News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) JoAnna McFadden has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Middle District of North Carolina, and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: SPARTANSBURG, Pa., Oct. 15, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $750,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Pennsylvania. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of SEYED SAJJAD SHAHIDIAN, 33, to 23 months in prison for his role in conducting financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran. SHAHIDIAN, who pleaded...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing $1.68 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners for the 21.9 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which provides annual rental payment for land devoted to conservation purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Miami, FL - Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested on Tuesday night a man who pleaded guilty to fraud but failed to appear for his sentencing hearing in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Titus Miller, 27, of Lincoln was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf for five counts of production of child pornography. Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison on each count which will be served consecutively to equal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former employee of Tax Pro’s and Tax Solutions & Associates, tax preparation businesses located in Essex and Union counties, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON-Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske was at the TSA Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC) on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to meet with the local TSA workforce and conduct one of his regular virtual town hall meetings, which was broadcast to agency employees nationwide.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) will be closed to the public as it undergoes scheduled building maintenance Sunday through October 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Rocky Mount woman pleaded guilty today to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A new Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, also known as PORTSⓇ, aims to improve maritime safety and efficiency off Valdez, Alaska. NOAA and the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council offsite link partnered to establish the third new PORTS system this year, the 36th in the nationwide network.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Eugene Gosy, 60, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) are accepting applications for new members to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Maestas, 48, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on Oct. 7 for a detention hearing. Maestas is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Evans man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - Tips quickly pointed to the location of this week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Brandon Carl Hanson, 34 years-of-age, was located in-custody at the Strafford County Jail in Dover, New Hampshire. Mr. Hanson was being sought on an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the Belknap County Superior Court for failing to appear on charges of being a felon in possession of a weapon and theft of a motor vehicle.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: The recent autumn rains are enabling Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area to lift its fire ban. Effective at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, the fire ban at Lake Roosevelt NRA is lifted throughout the Park. The public is reminded that fires are only allowed in established campsite or picnic...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn, in conjunction with the Justice Department announced that Richard Holzer, age 28, pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.
