News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Defendant took online classes for students and helped fabricate athletic “profiles" and other documents to bolster students’ college applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JON BARRY THOMPSON, a/k/a “J. Barry Thompson," the principal of a cryptocurrency escrow company, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to commodities fraud. THOMPSON’s guilty plea results from...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a suburban business owner to a year and a day in prison for lying to federal law enforcement about his knowledge of a bribery scheme involving the mayor of Markham.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: AXTELL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it is offering a public tour of the Axtell contract off-range corrals in Axtell, Utah, on Oct. 15, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tour attendees will have an opportunity to tour the facility, observe approximately 1,700 wild horses, and discuss the BLM’s wild horse and burro program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Ketchum, Idaho - Recently, both the Sawtooth National Forest, Ketchum Ranger District and the BLM Shoshone Field Office issued separate decisions and Findings of No Significant Impact regarding the projects analyzed in the Bald Mountain Stewardship Environmental Assessment (EA). The objective of the...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following statement at today's hearing on the challenges and successes of conservation programs in 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to align with changes in the poultry industry and to incorporate new scientific information and technologies into the NPIP. These updates are ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 8337, a bipartisan continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through December 11 and avoid a government shutdown.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of the.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chair of the Intelligence Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Rules Committee, and Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, on Sept. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a six-count indictment charging the following individuals with offenses related to their involvement in an extensive commercial burglary spree.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jarret Lea, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 17 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III, for engaging in a conspiracy to advertise child...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Eric Witherspoon, 56, of Warrensville Heights, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher A. Boyko to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine after Witherspoon pleaded guilty to bribery in federally funded programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Ahmaud Rodriguez, 25, was sentenced on his conviction of transporting an illegal alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today celebrates the importance of the manufacturing sector to the nation’s economy during the ninth annual observance of Manufacturing Day. The event, traditionally held the first Friday in October, has been set aside to recognize this sector’s vast economic contributions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Selmonio Davis, 44, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 25 to nine years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off the 17th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance. This year’s theme “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart." encourages Americans to own their role in cybersecurity by focusing on personal accountability and the importance of taking proactive steps to be safer and more secure online.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against Michael Garcia, 32; Nancy Garcia, 31; Gonzalo Garcia, 55; and Tylor Combs, 40, all of Sacramento, charging them with narcotics and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
