News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Working Together to Protect Your Voice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND-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 U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) agenda for tomorrow’s open meeting...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- Bureau of Land Management campgrounds along the Pit and Trinity rivers in Northern California are closing for the winter season, but several campgrounds and expansive public lands will remain open for winter camping.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL. - Gulf Islands National Seashore announces that the Perdido Key/Johnson Beach Area in Florida will close on Monday, Oct. 26, at 5:00 pm ahead of the approaching storm. The anticipated intense winds, rough seas, and heavy rain will impact these areas and are expected to cause flooding...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 26, 2020 - U.S. Attorney Don Cochran today announced $400,000 in Department of Justice funding to hire a special prosecutor to try federal firearms cases originating in Nashville. The award supports violence reduction efforts as part of Operation Legend and other Department-led initiatives in cities across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Samuel Iaquinta, Jr., of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Storey County, Nevada, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers 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 26, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The United States Marshals Service Mountain State Fugitive Task Force is asking the public's assistance in locating Jacqueline “Jackie" Krsul, 30, of Falling Waters, West Virginia. Krsul has multiple warrants active for her arrest in West Virginia and Maryland. Krsul was federally indicted...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: “In Wyoming, we have seen what happens when activist judges abuse the Endangered Species Act. The case of the grizzly bear shows us why we need more judges who uphold the law."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office will monitor the federal, state, and local elections in Chicago and surrounding area on Nov. 3, 2020, John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 in federal court in Springfield for breaking into a postal vehicle and stealing the mail inside.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A second Savannah man has admitted taking part in the March 2019 robbery of a bar that left a U.S. Army serviceman wounded.
By State Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
Release: Report to Congress on Major Wildlife Trafficking Countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney to Partner with Tennessee Attorney General.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) agenda for tomorrow’s open meeting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Anthony Ozomaro, of Kalamazoo Michigan of possession with intent to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Ferlando Wadsworth, 38, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, appeared in federal court today on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Wadsworth will remain in custody pending trial.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Malheur County, Oregon, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers 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 26, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Luis Rivera, age 34, of Albany, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon.
