News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -The Bureau of Land Management Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office (BLM) today announced the approval of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Small Game Guzzler Enhancement Project, located in eastern Riverside County approximately 75 miles from the City of Blythe.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Two Massachusetts men were arrested today in connection with a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by falsely inflating taxpayer’s federal income tax refunds and diverting a portion of those refunds to accounts they and their co-conspirators controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Group responsible for dealing over 1 kilogram of heroin per week in Denver.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was charged for his role in stealing prescription HIV medication from the pharmacy of the East Orange VA Medical Center, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Henderson, Nevada, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use bogus information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks - known as “shot-gunning" - to attempt to obtain home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Hassan. I’m pleased to be joining you from my dining room table in Southeast Portland, Oregon today, and I hope everybody participating and watching the hearing is healthy and safe. I’ll have just a few key points during my time this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow today announced $900,000 in Department of Justice grants to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities in Puerto Rico after confinement. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $92 million in funding to support reentry efforts throughout the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: When Darina Castillo’s love of learning and passion for the environment led her to a career as a site manager at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM), she never dreamed she would learn so much about history.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $11.8 million in grants to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Arkansas. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Ernest Gonzalez (68, Tampa) to 46 months in federal prison and Rosa Colon (30, Tampa) to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $72 million in grants to help rural residents gain access to health care and educational opportunities. These investments will benefit more than 12 million rural residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Good morning. Today’s announcement makes clear once again that combating terrorism remains the FBI’s top priority-and that the entire United States government remains committed to bringing to justice anyone who harms our citizens. We showed that resolve to the world last week by repatriating Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: The man who sold the AR-15 used to gun down 32 people in Midland and Odessa, Texas last year has pleaded guilty to a gun crime, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Deadline for Grant Proposals Set for Oct. 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Turning Point Domestic Violence Services awarded $450,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Attorney John W. Huber announced Wednesday morning that Utah is receiving almost $1 million in Department of Justice grant awards to support crime victims in Utah. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of more than $144 million distributed nationwide to enhance the response to victims of crime throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Logan Nedo, 34, of Irondequoit, NY, who was convicted of producing child pornography, was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peeler says the pursuit of federal prosecutions for felons, violent offenders caught illegally possessing firearms remains a top priority in MDGA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK FELNER, 31, of Clinton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for engaging in sexual activity with an underage victim in 2015 and 2016, and receiving pornographic images from the minor victim.
