News published on Federal Newswire in October 2020

News from October 2020


Great Falls Man Admits Stealing Firearms in Burglary of Business

News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Great Falls man today admitted to stealing firearms during a burglary of an outfitting store, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Matthew Lamb, age 48, of DeRuyter, New York, pled guilty yesterday to two felony counts of failing to register and update a registration as a sex offender after it was discovered that he had two e-mail addresses that he did not disclose to the New York State Division of Criminal...


News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Reaffirms Zero Tolerance for Firearms Possession by Domestic Violence Offenders.


District Woman Sentenced to Prison Tern for Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult and Theft

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jasmine Renee Worthy, 54, of Washington, D.C. was sentenced on Sept. 25, 2020 by the Honorable Judge Robert A. Salerno of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia to 60 days incarceration to be followed by five years of supervised release, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael...


Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase...


New York Donut Shop Operators Indicted for Tax Evasion

News Release: New York Donut Shop Operators Indicted for Tax Evasion.



News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RODERICK GLENN HOUSTON, JR., 36, of Oklahoma City, has pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.2 Million to Make Critical Wastewater Improvements Needed to Protect Businesses from Flooding Near Beverly, West Virginia, Opportunity Zone

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the town of Beverly, West Virginia, to make flood control infrastructure improvements needed to protect manufacturing and other businesses...


News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Joseph Louis James, 37, of Worley, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 46 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered James to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. James pleaded guilty to the charge on June 10, 2020.


TSA stops man with gun at Indianapolis International Airport

Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Transportation Security Administration officers (TSA) stopped a man from carrying a loaded.45 caliber handgun and magazine onto an airplane at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) on Wednesday, Oct. 7.


Massachusetts Man Going To Prison For 15 Years On Child Pornography Charge

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Frank Salerno, 31, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who was convicted of receiving child pornography, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison by U.S. Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.


News Release: Uldarico Narvaez Ansazoy Allegedly Responsible for Producing Multi-Ton Quantities of Cocaine Destined for the United States.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Dania Beach.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led an investigation resulted in the sentencing of a Mexican man who was convicted for conspiring to import more than 8.8 kilograms of cocaine.


New York City Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Supplying DS44 Gang with Heroin and Fentanyl

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the Bronx borough of New York City, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years’ imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years on his conviction of charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Okemah, Oklahoma, to support economic development and diversification efforts within the tribal area, as well as providing necessary infrastructure for disaster response. The EDA grant is expected to create 75 jobs, retain 45 jobs, and spur $10 million in private investment.


NIST Cybersecurity Expert Donna Dodson Receives Service to America Medal

News Release: Donna Dodson, a cybersecurity expert who worked for her entire 33-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been honored this week with a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her numerous contributions to the field.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man who falsely held himself out to be a United States Marine Corps combat veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient to fraudulently obtain veterans’ health care and housing benefits was sentenced today to 16 months in federal prison.


News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - On October 7, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Marc Harold Taylor, II, alleging that Taylor knowingly possessed destructive devices, a cannon and a machine gun, that were not registered to him in the National Firearms and Transfer Record. Taylor is also charged with one count of possession of a machine gun. The 28 year old is a resident of St. Louis.