News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Maurice Dent, 34, of Jackson, was found guilty Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, of possessing a illegally possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for Jackson. The jury returned the verdict following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: BAY SPRINGS, Miss., Oct. 5, 2020- The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $4.6 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Mississippi. This investment is part of the $550 million that Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A registered sex offender has been charged in a criminal complaint alleging he attempted to travel from Los Angeles to Egypt without giving law enforcement advance notice of his foreign travel plans as required by federal law, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Steven J. Russo, 43, of Pennsburg, PA, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffery L. Schmehl to three years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,798,000 in restitution to the victim and $980,000 in restitution to the IRS, for embezzling nearly $3 million from his former employer and making false statements on his federal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a San Fernando Valley trucking school was sentenced today to 48 months for leading a sophisticated scheme to defraud the United States Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $4 million in education benefits involving over 100 veterans who did not attend classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Owner of Montana Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used the Credit Cards and Bank Accounts of Elderly Couple in Her Care to Pay for Over $360,000 of Personal Expenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today released a discussion draft of legislation to reduce climate crisis impacts on U.S. territories and freely associated states. Chair Grijalva encouraged local government officials, organizations and communities to provide feedback on the discussion draft by Friday, Nov. 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Tamiko Parker, 47, of Cleveland was sentenced by Judge Dan Aaron Polster to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $164,120.30 in restitution after Parker pleaded guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Bruce Ralph Sturtz, age 73, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Sharmistha Barai, 40, formerly of Stockton, California, was sentenced Friday, Oct. 2 to 15 years and eight months in prison for forced labor violations.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
Release: On October 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced availability of credit guarantees for sales of goods and U.S. services under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s (CCC) Facility Guarantee Program for fiscal year 2021. Further details of the announcement may be found at.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) announced a $3 million inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to research and develop tools and practices that will strengthen the cybersecurity of the Nation's energy sector and maritime transportation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Armond Calvin, of St. Louis City, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of using a firearm to commit murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Calvin, 22, appeared before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: Suspect Had Fled to Philadelphia After the Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two members of the Neighborhood Bloods street gang, which operated in Jersey City, New Jersey, have been indicted for the Jan. 16, 2017, murder of three Jersey City residents, including a pregnant 25-year-old woman, Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on October 1 2020, RODNEY ROBINSON, age 61, of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - AREJAE GANGOB MEDINA, 26, of Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 292 months in federal prison for child sexual enticement, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Box Elder, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor, Distribution of Child Pornography, Receipt of Child Pornography, and Possession of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2020
News Release: Due to access for fire personnel, Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will remain open to vehicles until further notice. The road reopened on Sept. 30, after being closed to vehicles since September 5, due to the Cameron Peak Fire.
