News from October 2020
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) pilot to validate and accelerate the adoption of cost-effective, emerging technologies with the potential to generate significant operational efficiency improvements for the U.S. industrial sector and water and wastewater treatment facilities.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - If you’re planning to fly on or before Halloween, here are a few tips from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to help address frequently asked questions that will help get you in the spirit without getting caught up in a web at the checkpoint.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of conspiring to kidnap a Chinese national who was violently abducted from a San Gabriel parking lot, and whose parents were extorted for $2 million in ransom before the victim died from his injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty today to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgar Barrera, 31, of Fresno, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for the October 2019 robberies of the TD Bank in Worcester and the East Boston Savings Bank in Revere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - This afternoon, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, returned a.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Des Moines International Airport is now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Raymond Howard, age 45, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Oct. 26, 2020, after a five-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, on drug trafficking charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
Release: HOUSTON, TX - If you’re planning to fly on or before Halloween, here are a boo tips (oops, I meant few tips) from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to help address frequently asked questions that will help get you in the spirit without getting caught up in a web at the checkpoint.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence and Stone counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Ralph Mendez, Jr., 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 510 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, including admitting responsibility for two homicides, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The White River Field Office will rescind fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties on Friday, October 30 at 12:01 a.m., while retaining Stage 1 restrictions in Moffat County. The Little Snake Field Office is staying in Stage 1 restrictions in Moffat and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic USA Inc. has agreed to pay $8.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce a South Dakota neurosurgeon to use certain Medtronic products, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Asa Nall (50, Largo) guilty of attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. Nall faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 28, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Donavan Thomas Culps, age 39, of Harrah, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Feb. 18, 2020, to second degree murder. Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Culps to a life term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: Roger D. Beyer, M.D., Sentenced Today and Agrees to Pay Share of Civil Settlement Totaling $1.26 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Mt. Sterling, Kentucky husband and wife, Michael McNew, 49, and Karen Ann Nickell, 64, pleaded guilty on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and crop insurance fraud, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three of the California United States Attorneys today joined the District Attorneys for four California counties to launch an online outreach campaign to help victims of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
