News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. -The White Fire, burning 6 miles north of Kingman, has turned over to an entirely local Incident Management Team. One local engine and a Type 3 Helicopter remain to continue suppression on any hot spots that develop. Very little activity has been seen in the last two days.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: 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 Vermont and Western Massachusetts. “Operation Fury Road" was a sustained state-wide...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.-Seventeen tobacco farmers throughout eastern Kentucky have agreed to resolve civil allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government. As part of their civil settlement agreements, all of the defendants admitted that they submitted, or caused to be submitted, false claims to a federally-backed crop insurance program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Nearly two dozen people have been charged with various violations related to firearms in all five Southern District of Texas (SDTX) divisions in the last two weeks alone, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: A woman who drove over five kilograms of ice methamphetamine from Texas to Dubuque was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Department of the Interior today announced that at the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, it has extended the 74,689 acres withdrawal for the San Francisco Peaks/Mount Elden Recreation Area near Flagstaff for an additional 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A New Mexico man was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for concealing 40 pounds of methamphetamine in his fuel tank, said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is providing nearly $2.8 million to 17 states and one tribe to conduct research and management activities to combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “APHIS is committed to protecting agriculture and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that José Antonio Luna Benscome, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones to 30 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for child pornography offenses. The defendant’s sentence also requires him to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
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.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 15, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today wrapped up USDA's first-ever Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) National Work Forum. The three-day virtual, interactive conference connected over 1,500 partners from across the country and multiple sectors to share and learn best practices for promoting and increasing employment among SNAP households through state E&T programs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office has issued an emergency Notice of Public Closure in response to the East Troublesome Fire, informing the public that approximately 39,246 acres of BLM-administered lands north of U.S. Highway 40 to the border of the Arapahoe National...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) applauded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its release of final regulations that will streamline the launch and reentry licensing process for commercial space transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Houston-based National Leader Allegedly Authorized the Murder of 18th Street Member In Upstate New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a North Pole man has been charged in a 32 count Information alleging violations of the Lacey Act and other federal laws stemming from a 16 year span of submitting fraudulent Federal Subsistence Permit Applications and subsequent illegal hunting and transporting of wildlife in a Federal Subsistence Area located south of Delta Junction, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Indictments are among approximately 350 pending illegal possession of firearms cases in the Western District of Texas.
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.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The Trump Administration is pleased to announce the replacement of canal structures Drop 2 and Drop 5 on the St. Mary Canal are complete after Drop 5 collapsed on May 17, 2020. The canal structures are part of the Milk River Project in northern Montana, which provides irrigation water...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2020
News Release: Montana Charged 170 Cases. BILLINGS - The Department of Justice announced this week it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, including 170 cases in Montana, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process.
