News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: 25 Years Since Sunset Limited Train Derailment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Simeon Atcitty, 38, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared in federal court on Sept. 29 for a detention hearing. A federal grand jury indicted Atcitty Sept. 10 on a charge of second degree murder in Indian Country. Atcitty will remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today announced an award of $500,000 to Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project, Inc., as among Department of Justice grants to support mentoring services for youth and 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.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro to request a technology assessment of COVID-19 contact tracing apps by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro to request a technology assessment of COVID-19 contact tracing apps by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Comptroller General of the United...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released the following statement calling for input on how to improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wilber Vigil-Benitez, also known as “Solitario," of El Salvador, was arrested today on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, announced Michael R. Sherwin, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; John J. Durham, Director...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Frank William Robertson Perry, age 39, of Dundalk, Maryland, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Perry has been identified by law enforcement as a member of the Boogaloo Movement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, was sentenced today in federal court to 14 months in prison. Yeo pled guilty on July 24, 2020 to acting within the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign power without first notifying the Attorney General, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 951. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - DAVID MARTINEZ MARTINEZ. On October 5, David Martinez Martinez, 40, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by prohibited person. Martinez was previously admitted to the United States on a non-immigrant visa and not allowed to possess a firearm. In October...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. DeJoy: After multiple congressional requests for information, your testimony before Congress, several federal court rulings prohibiting certain United States Postal Service (USPS) actions, and multiple reports, including investigative reports I released in August and September, no doubt remains...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) launched an inquiry today into the Department of Defense’s (DoD) apparent moves to own and operate a national 5G network and lease federal spectrum for commercial...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Texas Man Charged In $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - An Afghan man, known as “John" Sadiqullah, 32, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 106 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, following his convictions for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - An Afghan man, known as “John" Sadiqullah, 32, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 106 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, following his convictions for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
Release: PHOENIX, Arizona - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) detected three firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in one day during X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoints.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A 24-year old Buena Park man was sentenced today in California Superior Court to the maximum sentence of 50 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting a two-year old girl while babysitting her in 2016, and later posting pictures of the assault online.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes an $83,000 civil penalty against AirMed International, LLC, of Birmingham, Ala., for allegedly failing to conduct required drug and alcohol testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - A 45-year-old Pembroke Pines woman has been charged with disaster relief fraud and other federal crimes in connection with her application and receipt of federal relief funds following Hurricane Irma.