News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Western District of Washington charged 73 defendants last year with firearms-related crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, released the followings statement on the September jobs report...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced a Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) for Improving Hydropower’s Value Through Informed Decision-Making. Part of WPTO’s HydroWIRES (Water Innovation for a Resilient Electricity System) Initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On October 8, 2020, a federal Grand Jury in St. Thomas returned a two-count superseding indictment against Louie Ison Mangampat, 37, of the Philippines, charging him with one count of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of committing a hate crime, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production and attempted production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. “It was an honor to serve on the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee with John Lewis. He was an inspiration to our nation and was a role model to many including me. “Lewis led this committee with dignity and understood the importance of our subcommittee and the role oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Missouri man pleaded guilty today to an armed carjacking in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta man who borrowed nearly $3 million to purchase an Augusta apartment complex, and then filed for bankruptcy protection when facing foreclosure, has been indicted on federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, the Justice Department 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed joined the Department of Justice in announcing the charging of 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -The Department of Justice today announced it 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. Of those cases, 342 have been brought by the District of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation provided $2.2 million to support new internal research projects that will assist Reclamation water and power facility managers, as well as its customers and stakeholders better manage their facilities and operations. Reclamation is also providing $4 million to 134 multi-year projects that are continuing into fiscal year 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - Joseph L. Hughes, a/k/a “Joe King," 28, of St. Louis, Missouri, has pleaded.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica day spa owner was charged today in federal court with accumulating N95 respirators in anticipation of the COVID-19 pandemic and then price gouging by selling the scarce masks at vastly inflated prices - sometimes nearly 1,100 percent over list price.
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) released the following statement after the China Task Force released its report outlining actions Congress and the Administration should take to address China’s national and economic security challenges toward the United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate passed an extension of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to heroin and fentanyl possession and distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Clintford Joseph, Jr. age 54, of St. Croix pled guilty on Oct. 13, 2020 in federal court to Providing a False Statement to law enforcement investigators with respect to the whereabouts of Paul Girard, Jr. a/k/a “Bogus".