News from October 2020
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 30, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it will expand eligibility and provide more flexibility for a pilot program to expedite long-term, low-cost loans for America’s short line and regional railroads. The Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Express (RRIF ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Department of the Interior officials today joined leaders from the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) Nation and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as 100 wild bison from nearby national parks were released onto nearly 28,000 acres of native grasslands on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jacob Walls, age 28, of Harrison, Arkansas, has been arrested and charged in connection to a wildland fire set in February 2019 within the Buffalo National River.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested two Riverside County men today on an indictment alleging they participated in an international conspiracy that deceived elderly victims into sending more than $500,000 in cash by pretending to be federal agents threatening them with arrest on bogus warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tarius Montez Taylor, a/k/a "T," 30, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that Assistant United States Attorney AUSA Irene Gonzalez will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA Irene...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. -Terrence Ballard, 60, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Theresa L. Springmann to 96 months in prison following his guilty plea to distribution of heroin, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: The men who bought and sold a 19-year-old woman as a “sex slave" have been charged with human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - A 35-year-old Centerville woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to interstate stalking that resulted in her ex-husband’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PHILIP FROST, 30, formerly of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Teller and Weld 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 30, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced the sentencing of Sallisaw residents, Christopher Don Jackson, age 44, to 38 months’ imprisonment and 5 years’ supervised release for Conspiracy & Possession of Counterfeit Obligation of the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comment on an environmental assessment (EA) that addresses the environmental impacts of releasing leaf spotting fungus (Ramularia crupinae) to manage common crupina (Crupina vulgaris). After careful ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Pablo Geovanni Aguirre-Rodriguez, age 37, of El Salvador was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment, and 4 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine and...
