News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation executed another set of congressionally mandated contract conversions with Central Valley Project contractors, which provides water to families, farms and communicates in their respective areas. These contracts are in agreement with the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman today announced $5,996,014 in Department of Justice grants to assist victims in Rhode Island. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of almost 1.8 billion distributed to state victim assistance and compensation programs to fund thousands of local victim assistance programs across the country and to provide millions in compensation to victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Mike Stuart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, announced that a Kanawha County man was sentenced today for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of 2016 disaster relief funds. Randall Butler, 46, of Charleston, was sentenced to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagan, Minnesota, man and a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man, both convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, have been sentenced to federal prison terms by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Lubbock, TX - Two Texas Syndicate members, a prison gang, were sentenced today to a combined 50 years in prison for drug trafficking in Lubbock, announced by DEA Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 154,400 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARNO SMITH, 57, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to a federal robbery offense connected to a carjacking in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud and theft of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man has been charged with a federal firearm offense for allegedly illegally selling dozens of handguns and assault rifles in the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Awards Are Part of Over $1.8 Billion in Justice Department Funding Announced by Attorney General Barr.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: A flame of orange reflects across deep blue water as the sun sets on Whiskeytown Lake… A photo capturing this scene by local business owner Curt Baer was the chosen favorite among the 60 entries submitted for the 2021 photo contest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL FRANCOIS, also known as “Bear," 30, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa J. Sanniti (619) 546-8811.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Gilbert Chrispin Noel Jr., 56, of Wayland, Michigan, was sentenced to serve a total of 36 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for two counts of credit union robbery and one count of bank robbery. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney also imposed a period of supervised release of 3 years and ordered Noel to pay $22,489.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Two additional defendants indicted last week for related conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kareem Davis, 19, of Washington, D.C. has been arrested and charged via criminal complaint with kidnapping on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Two men have admitted guilt in a scheme in which they fraudulently claimed to be part of a famed musical group to steal from hotels and a limousine company.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: VALE, Ore. - In anticipation of more favorable weather conditions, Vale District Bureau of Land Management will be lifting fire restrictions effective Monday, Oct. 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Chase Hoover, 34, of Las Vegas, NV and Amir Boyer, 29, of Philadelphia, PA were sentenced by United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson to 15 years and 10 years in prison, respectively, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for their participation in a long-term drug trafficking conspiracy in Philadelphia from at least March 2017 through June 2018.
