News from October 2020
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 9, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
Release: Mt. Wolf, PA, October 9, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the entire 2020-2021 school year. This unprecedented move is part of USDA’s unwavering commitment to ensuring all children across America have access to nutritious food as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Kavonte Knolton, 21, pleaded guilty to two crimes related to armed robbery today in federal court. Knolton will face at least seven years and up to life in prison for brandishing a firearm during a crime violence, and up to 20 years in prison for robbery. Any sentence imposed for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be served consecutively to any other punishment.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration officers (TSA) stopped a man from carrying a loaded 9mm handgun onto an airplane at General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) on Thursday, Oct. 8.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (Texas-08) today sent a letter to Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration Stephen Goss requesting more information on how the Office of the Chief Actuary functions, particularly in responding to requests from outside groups, using taxpayer dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Turner man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for manufacturing 100 or more marijuana plants, possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, possessing an unregistered silencer and transferring property subject to forfeiture, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online meeting of the Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) on Nov. 9-10, 2020. The meeting will take place from 1 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 9 and from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. The public is welcome to join the meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Portsmouth woman with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud veterans.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Nutrition, Oversight, and Departmental Operations Subcommittee Chair Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio and her fellow members of the panel sent a letter Friday demanding answers from Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on a range of issues and questions to which USDA has yet to respond...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Jonathan Kassay, 50, of Granger, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon his plea of guilty to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $145,000 to Spherity GmbH, based in Dortmund, Germany, to develop a capability to enhance the supply chain traceability of direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipments. The Phase 1 award was made under...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and blockchain solutions can improve the delivery of government services by providing greater visibility into business operations, enhancing transparency of public service operations, and automating paper-based processes. The Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Defendant Stole More Than $500,000 from Investors to Fund His Securities Trading Account and Satisfy Mortgage on a Florida Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Raul Martinez, age 40, was sentenced yesterday, to 210 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $25,000.00 in fines...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: We write to express our concern about recent reports that in August, the United States Postal Service (USPS) failed to update address data in the National Change of Address Linkage database (NCOALink) and to request information about the resulting impact on election mail. With voters...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announced today the arrest of Daniel Donahoe and Elvis Proctor IV who were wanted in connection with a September robbery and shooting. During that incident which occurred at a Jackson motel, the victim was robbed at gunpoint and shot. Three other individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: A Coppell man who spent more than $17 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans on lavish personal expenses has been charged with filing fraudulent loan applications, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: FBI Denver Educates Community About Election Security and Foreign Malign Influence in Advance of the November Election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Tyler Ross Deerinwater, age 29, of Holdenville, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Murder In Indian Country- Second Degree, punishable by up to life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both;...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced an award of $600,000 in Department of Justice grants to the Knoxville Leadership Foundation to support mentoring services for youth to protect children from abuse, exploitation and threats such as sex trafficking. The awards were made by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office for Victims of Crime, part of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs.