News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing firearms, including purchasing firearms advertised on the internet, and of stalking two female victims associated with massage parlors in Kansas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: A search is underway for 35-year old Alexander Pisch from Discovery Bay, CA, who was last known to be near Colonial Creek Campground on Thursday, October 8, 2020. Mr. Pisch is described as a white male, 6’01" tall and approximately 160 pounds. His white Toyota Corolla was parked along Highway 20 where he had set up an easel for painting. His intended route or destination are currently unknown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - The Department of Justice announced today 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 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 USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 13, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $46.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Alaska. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Natural disasters like tornadoes and earthquakes can devastate communities and bring uncertainty in their aftermath when it comes to safely accessing buildings or homes. When an EF-3 tornado struck Jefferson City, Missouri, in May 2019, it killed three people and left over 600 buildings damaged, presenting...
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: 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".
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - A decades-long effort to clean and transform the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant is complete, resulting in a historic first-ever removal of a uranium enrichment complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Western District of North Carolina Charged 267 Defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Gregg N. Sofer is officially the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He was sworn in by Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia this morning at the federal courthouse in San Antonio.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) demanded more information on the Trump Administration’s plan to send $200 “Trump cards" to Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A California woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a complex multistate credit card “bust- out" conspiracy that funded an illicit Interstate Marijuana Operation, and defrauded banks for over a $1,500,000, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2020
News Release: 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 Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Steubenville, Ohio, where he delivered remarks at Franciscan University of Steubenville to commemorate Columbus Day as well as America’s national heritage.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia traveled to Steubenville, Ohio, where he delivered remarks at Franciscan University of Steubenville to commemorate Columbus Day as well as America’s national heritage.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to the White House’s latest inadequate coronavirus proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - The Grand Rapids Police Department and local neighborhood groups took part in a National Faith and Blue Weekend aimed at connecting law enforcement officers with people in the community. On Saturday Oct. 10, 2020, more than 30 volunteers from GRPD, Walker Police Department...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: I am writing you in the wake of a successful example of collaboration between federal, state, and local law enforcement, government officials, and social media platforms to disrupt an active plot against the Governor, legislature, and citizens of Michigan. In its recent Homeland...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2020
News Release: Dear Director Wray: On October 9, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) produced 24 pages of text messages from former-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, some of which had already been produced to us years ago.[1] This stands in stark contrast to the more than 300 pages of McCabe text messages...
