News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Cassie Hammett Presented With the 2019 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Winston-Salem man was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., to 108 months in prison and three years of supervised release for a firearm offense, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 1, 2020, Mark Heath, age 41, and Amy Casey, age 42, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for methamphetamine offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a total of 24 firearms at airport security checkpoints throughout the state of Kentucky between March and September 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today highlighted a newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they had requested demonstrating more safeguards need to be put in place to ensure taxpayer money does not support human rights abuses by park rangers overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former program manager of an international freight forwarding company has been arrested on charges that he embezzled over $550,000 from the company, United States Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio, federal, state and local authorities have arrested twelve Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members and associates on federal drug charges in connection with a methamphetamine/heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; San Antonio Police Chief William McManus; and, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) are calling on the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to publicly release all documents related to design revisions or evaluations...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A federal judge convicted a Manhattan man of providing false information on a form when trying to buy a firearm, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Five others pleaded guilty to crimes related to nationwide scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD LIRIANO was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for engaging in a scheme to use malicious software programs, including a program known as a “keylogger," on dozens of his coworkers’ computers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Marisa Page, of Columbus, Ohio has admitted to her role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested twelve Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members and associates on federal drug charges in connection with a methamphetamine/heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; San Antonio Police Chief William McManus; and, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering the reservoir behind Black Canyon Diversion Dam to allow crews to perform necessary inspections and maintenance. The 32-foot drawdown begins Oct. 5 and will continue incrementally until an elevation of 2,466 feet is reached, on or about Nov. 12. The public is advised to exercise caution around the reservoir and riverbanks during the drawdown period.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a billboard campaign today in Pennsylvania to educate the public about the dangers of non-cooperation policies. The billboards feature at-large immigration violators who may pose a public safety threat. These individuals were previously arrested or convicted of crimes in the U.S., but were released into the community instead of being transferred to ICE custody pursuant to an immigration detainer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY- A Detroit, Michigan, man, Dayquan Dejon Johnson, 23, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 148 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held two days of landmark hearings with drug company CEOs to examine their price increases for some of the costliest drugs in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement announcing Staff Director Mike Bloomquist has departed the committee for the private sector. Deputy Staff Director and E&C veteran Ryan Long will succeed Bloomquist as Staff Director for Committee Republicans, effective immediately.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement announcing Staff Director Mike Bloomquist has departed the committee for the private sector. Deputy Staff Director and E&C veteran Ryan Long will succeed Bloomquist as Staff Director for Committee Republicans, effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Toby Randall Walker, 36, appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on Oct. 1 on multiple drug and firearm charges brought under the Department of Justice’s Operation Legend.
