News published on Federal Newswire in October 2020

News from October 2020


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating drug trafficking and federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Former Inmate Arrested in Scheme to Use Drones to Smuggle Contraband into Fort Dix Federal Prison

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.


Gettysburg Man Charged With Theft Of Social Security Benefits

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeffrey Dixon, age 53, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 30, 2020, by a federal grand jury for theft of Social Security benefits totaling more than $30,000 over a two-year period.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently spoke with Keir Simmons of NBC News about the state of U.S.-Russia relations.


U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona Announces New Initiative to Combat Domestic Violence

News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announces Operation Safe Families, a new initiative to fight domestic violence in the Northern District of Alabama. Through Operation Safe Families, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will work with federal, state, and local law enforcement to use federal firearm...


News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Port Wentworth man who laundered drug proceeds and helped distribute significant amounts of cocaine for a coastal Georgia drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - 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...


DOJ Charges More Than 14,200 Defendants with Firearms-Related Crimes in FY2020

News Release: Northern District of Oklahoma Charged More than 100 Defendants.


Lake Jackson man sent to prison after posting child pornography via social media

News Release: HOUSTON - A 30-year-old man who posted hundreds of images depicting child pornography on two separate public blogs in 2017 and 2018 has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


American Contractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Government Equipment from U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan

News Release: American Contractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Government Equipment from U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan.


2020 Census Count 99.9 Percent Complete

News Release: As of Oct. 12, 2020, 99.9% of housing units have been accounted for so far in the 2020 Census, with 33.1% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 66.8% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Federal prosecutors charged 144 defendants with firearm-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 on the criminal justice process, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


Reclamation announces $1.3 million in Water Use Efficiency grants

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the selection of three California projects to receive $1.3 million total in CALFED Water Use Efficiency grants near the cities of Pittsburg, Shafter and Biggs. Combined with local cost-share contributions, these projects are expected to implement about $2.8 million in water management improvements during the next two years.


Release: ERIE, Pa. - Residents of the Erie area and northwestern Pennsylvania region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck™ application program inside Erie International Airport from October 19 to 23, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.



News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted two men for their roles in two armed bank robberies in Passaic and Little Falls, New Jersey, respectively, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: Fled After His Indictment and Was a Fugitive for Almost Two Years Before Being Found by the FBI and U.S. Marshals and Returned to the U.S.; Gang Led by Montana Barronette Terrorized West Baltimore with Multiple Murders.


Trump Administration Invests $5.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Iowa

News Release: OXFORD, Iowa, Oct. 13, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $5.4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Iowa. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.


North Park Gang Member, Who Was Previously Convicted of RICO, Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Minor

News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - A member of a North Park based gang, who was previously convicted of participating in a conspiracy to engage in racketeering enterprise (RICO) involving sex trafficking of minors and adults, pleaded guilty to once again being involved in sex trafficking.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 8, 2020, United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson sentenced Edward Lee McDowell, III, age 23, to 57 months’ imprisonment for firearms and drug trafficking offenses.