News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento man was arrested yesterday afternoon on charges of sex trafficking of a child, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows today urging him to allow contact tracers to investigate the large outbreak of coronavirus cases surrounding President Trump and White House staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Loves Park woman was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for wire fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows today urging him to allow contact tracers to investigate the large outbreak of coronavirus cases surrounding President Trump and White House staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Strasser today announced a $129,202 grant provided by the U.S. Department of Justice to improve services for crime victims in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The grant, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, is a part of over $144 million distributed nationwide to enhance the district's response to victims of crime.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - On Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, at 10:00 AM, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, in partnership with The King Center, will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new outdoor exhibit on the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of the park. The program will take place outside, underneath the canopy of the park’s Visitor Center, located at 450 Auburn Ave in Atlanta, GA. It is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Plainville man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston on child enticement and child pornography offenses.
By EPA 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: EPIC Program to Energize National Energy Innovation Ecosystem
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Shiloh Kalani Pisarich, 29, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 96 months in prison for selling an illegal sawed-off shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Pisarich was also ordered to serve 3 years of supervised released following his prison sentence and pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James Whittemore has sentenced Kwasi Francis (30, Ocala) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Francis to forfeit the firearm and all ammunition associated with the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Peter M. McCoy, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced today that more than 40 people are facing federal charges for their roles in expansive health care fraud schemes across...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Westminster Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: DEA's Acting Administrator and Florida's Attorney General Lead Discussions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Austin Pratt, 32, of Conesus, NY, pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE 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: A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, returned a superseding indictment charging six additional defendants for their roles in a previously indicted conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products, and containing additional allegations against the previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Public Vigilance Urged as General Election Approaches in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 20 years (240 months) in prison on his conviction of violating federal drugs and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
