News published on Federal Newswire in October 2020

News from October 2020


Schenectady Man Charged with Possession of a Molotov Cocktail

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joel Malek, age 42, of Schenectady, New York, was arrested today and charged with possession of an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail," on June 5, 2020.


News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Coral Gables Yesterday.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Innovative equipment known as “bubblers" have been improving liquid waste operations at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) for the last decade and will aid in the future operations of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) - an.


News Release: Geoffrey Girnun, a former Associate Professor and cancer researcher at Stony Brook University’s Department of Pathology of Medicine, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley via videoconference to one year and a day in prison for theft of government funds related to a grant...


News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man who formerly owned ARO Equity, LLC pleaded guilty today in connection with a multi-year fraud scheme that caused more than $4 million in losses to investors.


News Release: HAMMOND-Tracy Cox, 52, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon her guilty plea to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


U.S. Relations With Belgium

Release: More information about Belgium is available on the Belgium Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


Media Advisory

News Release: Methamphetamine remains a dangerous drug that adversely affects the health and safety of our communities. Methamphetamine trafficking also often involves the use of firearms and violence. The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to prosecuting those who profit from trafficking and selling this...


News Release: Officers from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office discovered bones at the base of the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook on Sunday, October 4, that have been determined to be human remains. The discovery was made while recovering the body of an unrelated fatality in the...


DEA-New Jersey instrumental in establishment of statewide “Handle With Care” program

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer today announced a new Statewide “Handle With Care" Program to support school children throughout New Jersey who have experienced traumatic events in their lives.


Diamond “Dime-Bag” Floyd Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Multiple Counts of Armed Drug Trafficking

News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Diamond Floyd, also known as “Dime-Bag", 24, of Charleston, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of drug trafficking and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.


News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - A Shallotte man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for dealing crack and using firearms to facilitate his drug dealing.


The Bureau of Land Management opens public scoping period for March 2021 lease sale

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota. The scoping period runs through Oct. 21, 2020 and is intended to solicit public input on nominated lease parcels for the March 23, 2021 lease sale, including the preliminary recommendations and stipulations.


Physical Therapist Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Participating In $30 Million Scheme To Defraud Medicare And Medicaid

News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that physical therapist HATEM BEHIRY was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield to 24 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the New York...


Waterloo Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing a Loaded Gun

News Release: Tried to Go Upstairs in Home with a Loaded Gun After Officers Arrived on Scene.


Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Student

News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump announced he would no longer engage in COVID-19 relief package negotiations...


Former Office Manager Charged with Stealing from Auto Dealership

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Corrine N. Bowman, 41, Medicine Lodge, Kan., is charged with one count of bank fraud. The crime is alleged to have occurred from 2017 to 2019 in Medicine Lodge.


News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project is now transporting more residual radioactive material per shipment for disposal than ever before.


Norwich Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Offense

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.