News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - Last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," John Robert Wentworth, III, 31 years-of-age surrendered to members of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force and the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office late this afternoon in Rochester, NH. Mr. Wentworth was being sought on two outstanding...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Mike Avery Thompson, Jr., age 30, of Okemah, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault With A Dangerous Weapon With Intent To Commit Bodily Harm In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding opportunity for up to $24 million for new and renewal grants under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR). The grants, to be awarded competitively on the basis of peer review, will help institutions ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) has signed an agreement with Google to explore the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for enhancing NOAA’s use of satellite and environmental data.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) decision to ensure payments to the New York Fire Department (FDNY) World Trade Center Health Program would no longer be subject to offsets for unrelated federal debts owed by New York City...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - To ensure the safety of the public and staff, Vale Bureau of Land Management’s Baker Field Office will be closed Monday, Nov. 2, through Friday, Nov. 13, while building repairs are made.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Keith Raniere, the founder and leader of Nxivm, was sentenced today to 120 years in prison by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in federal court in Brooklyn. Raniere was convicted by a federal jury in June 2019 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A California man was sentenced to prison today for making violent threats toward The Ohio State University and its football players during the 2018 Ohio State v. Michigan game.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Pryor man was arrested Tuesday in Billings by the Billings Police Department on a federal arrest warrant alleging that he murdered a person with premeditation on the Crow Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tirale Orlando Reed, 38, of Meridian, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge David C. Bramlette III to 60 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in a school zone, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: DEWEY BEACH, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after a briefing with officials about an oil spill that has reached Delaware's beaches.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA: All six sites of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve as well as New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park will close beginning on Oct. 27, 2020 at 4:30PM CDT, due to the threat of Hurricane Zeta. No decision has been reached as to a reopening date.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced today that the Chief of the Financial Fraud & Corruption Section, Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Seth Erbe, will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Yesterday, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Motorola Solutions named Trooper Daniel Harrell from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol as the IACP/Motorola Solutions 2019 Trooper of the Year. He was chosen from among four very worthy finalists serving state and provisional agencies in the United States and Canada.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) decision to ensure payments to the New York Fire Department (FDNY) World Trade Center Health Program would no longer be subject to offsets for unrelated federal debts owed by New York City...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Bloods Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murder and Other Crimes.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: DEWEY BEACH, Del. - On the heels of the hottest decade ever recorded on Earth, and as higher sea surface temperatures continue to fuel one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons in history, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Augusta man was sentenced in federal court in Bangor for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Christopher Price, 43, of Turtletown, Tennessee, was sentenced to 180 months in prison on drug trafficking and firearms offenses. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. also ordered Price to serve five years under court supervision upon completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for five bank robberies, including one that resulted in a high-speed chase.
