News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Arnold Amthor, Chief of the City of Newburgh Police Department, announced that ALBERTO...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH- U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. today announced $749,724 in a Department of Justice grant to address violence occurring at our nation’s schools. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs to the North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center, is part of more than $87 million to bolster school security, support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incident, and conduct research on school safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Michigan Man Charged with Hate Crimes for Attacking African-American Teenager.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Alexander S. Rowland, 29, of Penns Grove, NJ, was charged by Indictment with seven counts of mail fraud, 30 counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of securities fraud, one count of investment adviser fraud, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Marcus Etienne, a/k/a “Hitler," and Mario Robinson were sentenced today to 34 and 32 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentences were handed down by the Honorable William Alsup, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today a YouTube video promoting the partnership between the USVI Project Safe Neighborhoods, Project Guardian, and Crime Stoppers. This initiative encourages reporting violent and gun-related...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Scheme Resulted in Alleged Loss to Investors of at Least $7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Reward of up to $25,000: Former Arizona Law Enforcement Officer Wanted in Connection with $9M Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Eastern District of California Charged 94 Cases.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON--Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Federal Security Directors are sharing some tips for travelers as they arrive at airport security checkpoints to help them stay healthy and stay secure as they travel during the pandemic. Federal Security Directors are the top TSA officials at...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Greensboro woman was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: An Owasso man admitted his guilt Tuesday in federal court after striking and killing William Houseman while eluding officers at speeds exceeding 90 mph in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Middle District of Georgia charged 165 defendants with firearms-related crimes in FY20.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - 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. These cases have been a Department priority since November 2019 ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: House Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on “Maximizing Health Coverage Enrollment Amidst Administration Sabotage" on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 beginning at 12:00 PM EDT.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Several generations of employees have worked at the former K-25 site, now known as the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), supporting efforts to produce enriched uranium, and more recently, to clean up the site.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6.3 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Colorado. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: 86 Defendants Charged in Southern District of West Virginia.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
Release: APPLETON, Wis. - Transportation Security Administration officers (TSA) stopped a man from carrying a loaded.380 caliber handgun onto an airplane at Appleton International Airport (ATW) on Monday, Oct. 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was arrested for conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband, including tobacco and cell phone chargers, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, and for possessing with the intent to distribute narcotics, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
