News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Craig Fair Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Office.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington-Chairman Eliot L. Engel and Ranking Member Michael T. McCaul of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today led a bipartisan effort calling on the Administration to continue to make clear to our allies and partners that the United States opposes any efforts to renew diplomatic ties with...
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington-Ranking Member Michael T. McCaul and Chairman Eliot L. Engel of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today led a bipartisan effort calling on the Administration to continue to make clear to our allies and partners that the United States opposes any efforts to renew diplomatic ties with...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million grant to the town of Paradise, California, to support the development of a transportation master plan to guide the recovery and redevelopment of the town’s transportation infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Malcolm Straughter (35, Ocala) to four years and six months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Straughter to forfeit the firearm and any associated ammunition. Straughter had pleaded guilty on July 14, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Carroll County, New Hampshire, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT News Release. No.: 2020-04. Contact: tusk_information@nps.gov. Area Near Durango/Moccasin Temporarily Closed Through End of Year. LAS VEGAS - A favorite parking area of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Draft Backcountry Access Plan/EIS Released for Public Comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Madison man for robbing a bank and possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Troy Douglas Blaylock, Sr., 57, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was charged in federal court on Sept. 22 with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and sexual abuse of a minor. The Court ordered Blaylock detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Amy Campos, 37, of Bakersfield, charging her with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jay Zollicoffer was sentenced to serve a total of 22 ½ years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for three counts of brandishing a firearm during the commission of a robbery and one count of robbery. His codefendant, Marco Jackson...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Hillsboro, Oregon, resident has been charged with assaulting a federally deputized Portland Police officer with the pointed end of an umbrella and interfering with law enforcement officers performing their official duties during a civil disorder event.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that an Akron, Ohio man who participated in a conspiracy which saw large quantities of methamphetamine transported from Akron and distributed across the Southern District of West Virginia pled guilty today to a federal drug charge. Jordan Dewayne Jeffrey, 24, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation executed another set of congressionally mandated contract conversions with Central Valley Project contractors, which provides water to families, farms and communicates in their respective areas. These contracts are in agreement with the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Lilburn, Georgia resident currently in custody was charged in a 20-count indictment for allegedly filing false tax returns totaling $165,212,271, collecting at least $2,897,192.74 in undeserved tax refunds, announced Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney of the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Curtis Duncan (30, Ocala) to 46 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Duncan to forfeit the firearm and ammunition. Duncan had pleaded guilty on July 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA-The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia announce that Christopher W. Burns, 37, of Berkeley Lake, Georgia, has been charged with mail fraud and there is a warrant for his arrest.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: First responders are real-life heroes who rush towards danger instead of away from it. These brave men and women in law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical services offer aid and comfort across our nation in times of crisis - and they do it without any superpowers.
