News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison for providing a gun to a man who later was convicted of killing three people, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A man traveling from the Dominican Republic under an assumed identity was indicted by a federal grand jury today in Boston for attempting to enter the United States using a false U.S. passport.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement on the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was arrested today for stealing mail and committing bank fraud, including stealing checks sent through the mail and fraudulently depositing those checks without authorization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to share their concerns with the HHS Program Support Center (PSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Valdez Williams (61, Altamonte Springs) guilty of one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Williams faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 28, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: US Park Rangers of Catoctin Mountain Park are seeking tips from the public to aid an investigation into a dog attack on a child that occurred on Oct. 2, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over his decision to overrule career...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over his decision to overrule career...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Seattle removed a convicted drug trafficker who is wanted for homicide in Mexico, Oct. 7.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Farm Fresh Packers LLC (Farm Fresh) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to four produce sellers in the amount of $309,860 from July 2017 through November 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - 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 7, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PENH KANG (“KANG"), age 41, of Covington, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty on October 6, 2020 to Making a False Declaration, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 152(3).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Amazon CEO and Chairman Jeff Bezos today requesting that he launch an investigation into the safety of Amazon’s product line, AmazonBasics, as well as answer a series of questions pertaining to the company’s product safety and recall practices.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Kansas will receive more than $16.8 million in Department of Justice grants to fund victim assistance programs and provide compensation to victims of crime, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Magnolia man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions in relation to the December 2019 shootings of a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier and a Costco gas station attendant, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: LINDEN, Ind., Oct. 7, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $1 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Indiana. 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: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James Whittemore has sentenced Shelley Devaughn Cook (42, Ocala) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Cook to forfeit the firearm and all ammunition associated with the offense.
