News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Each defendant faces at least ten years in prison due to prior conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, today announced $3,908,850 in Department of Justice grants 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 USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: LIVINGSTON, Mont., Oct. 14, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $10.8 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Montana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Seven Maryland Entities to Receive More Than $2.5 Million to Advance Forensic Science; Baltimore County to Receive More Than $1.2 Million Under The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, United States Attorney David M. DeVillers announced a surge in enforcement to address gun crimes in two Columbus neighborhoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the Beltzhoover neighborhood in Pittsburgh, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service on her conviction of a drug trafficking charge in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury convicted Ross Gordon Laverty of multiple felonies in connection with mailing two explosive devices with the intent to injure or kill his targets, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Rafael Nuñez. The verdict was delivered after a one-week trial before the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., today announced more than $2 million in Department of Justice grants to the District of South Carolina 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 14, 2020
News Release: A team of paleontologists, cave specialists, and park rangers at Mammoth Cave National Park have discovered a trove of fossil treasures that has yielded one of the most diverse Mississippian shark faunas in North America. At least 40 different species of sharks and their relatives have been identified...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the opening of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) new Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge, which will enable organizations across the country to address the economic, health, and safety risks caused by the coronavirus pandemic through entrepreneurship and innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant was on federal supervised release at the time of the offense.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: NAMPA, Idaho, Oct. 14, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $43.2 million in grants and loans to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Brookline & Cambridge, MA - Looking for something fun, free, and fantastic to do with family and friends for Halloween? Why not join Frederick Law Olmsted and John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Sites in Brookline, and Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge for some weird, fun, and spooky activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kenneth Roy Nester, age 26, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Final Member of Violent Baltimore "Trained to Go" Gang Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Five indictments in three different states were unsealed today indicting a total of twenty-four defendants, including alleged Aryan Circle (AC) gang members and associates, on charges of racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug conspiracy, and unlawful firearms trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - Beginning Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will transition to winter operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Today, 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.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: Coulee Dam - Autumn is here and that means waterfowl season is open on Lake Roosevelt and throughout eastern Washington. Detailed information about open seasons, bag limits, and other hunting regulations can be found on Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2020
News Release: District of Nevada Charged Over 130 Defendants.
