News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) demanded more information on the Trump Administration’s plan to send $200 “Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Southfield, Michigan man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for a federal drug crime. Donta Cole, 24, previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The second of two men charged in June 2019 after more than 45 pounds of cocaine were seized from a Savannah shipment has admitted guilt to a federal drug trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - The Justice Department announced today that Lee Mouat, 42, has been charged by criminal complaint in federal district court with violating 18 U.S.C. § 249 by willfully causing bodily injury to an African-American teenager because of the teenager’s race.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) today released H.R. 11, the Commitment to American GROWTH Act. To rebuild the greatest economy in a generation for our workers, families, and small businesses, this...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that last week a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeremy Digby, 40, of South Royalton, with possession of an unregistered firearm, specifically, a multi-caliber, AR-style rifle with a barrel of less than ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: A woman who falsely claimed she had breast cancer and genetic disorders to defraud nonprofits has.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Twelve men and women face federal felony charges related to illegal firearms possession, indicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
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.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - Beginning Oct. 19, through approximately Oct. 30, the Bureau of Land Management will be maintaining the access roads and parking areas of Valley of Fires Recreation Area. To ensure the visiting public’s safety and complete the maintenance successfully, the BLM and its contractor will be imposing a closure of this area. This includes all camping and day use, as well as access to the Malpais Nature Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Joseph Lee Harper, 35, was sentenced today on two federal drug trafficking charges. Harper was sentenced to 168 months - 14 years - in federal prison on each charge, to run currently, for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Brady Calls for Investigation into Potentially Criminal Leak of Trump’s Private Tax Info.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Fair elections are the foundation of our democracy in the United States, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine is committed to protecting the rights of all Americans to vote. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is issuing this press release to inform voters about federal election crimes and how to avoid them, and to encourage voters to report suspected violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in prison has been sentenced to spend nearly 20 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization centered in Coffee County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A grand jury has returned indictments that charge four Chicago women with allegedly defrauding a government child care subsidy program intended to provide affordable child care to eligible parents. Each woman owned and operated a licensed day care in Chicago that allegedly submitted...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced its contribution of $750K in funding to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (PIPS), an independent...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Following press reports that the Trump Administration has withheld nearly $4 million in payments to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) World Trade Center Health Program, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Cane River Creole National Historical Park is pleased to announce that Oakland Plantation and Magnolia Plantation will reopen to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 14, following a short closure due to Hurricane Delta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Southlake Murder Suspect Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.