News from October 2020
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding for three domestic projects that will accelerate advanced nuclear technology development. These projects, valued at $26.9 million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary and Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Keith H. Rivera, 35, of Kimball, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf for possession of child pornography. Rivera was sentenced to 48 months in prison and will also serve 5 years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Rivera will also be required to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Uldarico Narvaez Ansazoy will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with participating in an international cocaine distribution conspiracy headed by his brother Roman Narvaez...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. A Department priority since 2019 when Attorney General William P. Barr created the Department of Justice’s first ever-Domestic Violence Working...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jorge Ortiz, Jr., age 59, of Albany, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with concealing his assets and resources, and making false statements, in connection with obtaining Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for a relative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Nathan Haymer, age 42, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to federal program theft. As a result of his guilty plea, Haymer faces a significant term of imprisonment, fines, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Today, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging Furman Alexander Ford, 51, of Raleigh with conspiring to defraud the Medicare Program by submitting false claims for services that were never provided in order to obtain money what was not owed. On Aug. 26, 2020, Jimmy Guess, 62, of Greensboro pled guilty to the conspiracy to defraud Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment in Manhattan federal court charging JEFFREY...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today raised concerns about the District of Columbia’s universal mail-in ballot process and the threat it poses to the integrity of the election.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, October 8, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reminding communities, farmers, ranchers and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Delta that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Four Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Southern District of Georgia have been appointed to serve as District Election Officers (DEOs) for the Nov. 3 General Election.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced their plan to introduce a pair of bills that take a holistic and community-based approach to addressing the growing crisis of childhood trauma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Matthew Peters, a 45 year old sex offender from Schenectady, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to entice or coerce a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Kemo Riley, 43, of St. Thomas was sentenced for mailing a package containing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Nine law enforcement and community representatives were recognized today for their outstanding work in the greater Wheeling area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Defendants Alexanda Amon Kotey, 36, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 32, two militant fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) charged for their alleged participation in a brutal hostage-taking scheme that resulted in the deaths of four American citizens, will next appear in federal court in Alexandria tomorrow.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago couple was charged in federal court Thursday with child labor trafficking, for allegedly forcing an illegal alien teen from Guatemala to work for them. The case is being investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Labor, with significant assistance from the Aurora, Illinois, police department and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Alibaba Group, Daniel Yong Zhang and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ebay Inc., Jamie Iannone, expressing concerns regarding their platforms...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will offer outdoor ranger-led programs on Saturdays during October. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
