News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: A self-proclaimed Boogaloo Bois member residing in San Antonio faces a federal firearms charge, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Louisville, Ky. - 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 DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued respiratory protection guidance focused on protecting workers in nursing homes, assisted living and other long-term care facilities (LTCFs) from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) announced a formalized process for Indian tribes and eligible tribal entities to request cost share reductions under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BOISE - 4 Brothers Dairy, Inc. (4 Bros.) and its owner, Andrew Fitzgerald, 60, of Shoshone, Idaho, pleaded guilty to unlawful discharge of pollutant into a water of the United States, a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Warren Michael Whyte, a citizen of Guyana, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the District Court and entered a guilty plea to the charge of illegal re-entry of removed alien. He faces up to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - JOSHUSA DANIEL ZIVILI. On Oct. 27, Joshua Daniel Zivili, 40, was sentenced to 235 months for interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Zivili admitted to robbing eight retail or restaurants establishments in the Dallas area. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Waterville woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two defendants were sentenced in federal court today, for their roles in an international money laundering conspiracy; a third was convicted last Friday, by a federal jury in Lexington, for his role in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Shaun Williams to 37 months in prison. The 37-year-old St. Louis, Missouri resident pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
Release: Passengers: remember to unpack before you repack for a flight!
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: MOAB, UTAH - On Sunday, November 1 at 12:01 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management’s Canyon Country District will rescind the fire ban put in place on June 12 across the Bureau of Land Management Canyon Country Fire Zone (BLM Moab and Monticello Field Offices in Grand and San Juan counties).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 20, 2020, Days and Towers, LLC. agreed to pay the United States of America the sum of $817,927.58, to settle claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729, and unpaid customs duties, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Edward Weidow, Sr., age 67, of Scranton, Pennsylvania was sentenced on Oct. 29, 2020, to serve two years’ probation followed by 100 hours of community service by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for making false statements to federal law enforcement officers.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: I write to you regarding a concerning new report of White House interference with decision making at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surrounding the appropriate handling of migrant children being detained by the Trump Administration. This follows a previous...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act). Today’s release includes draft repayment contracts from the Central Valley Project south-of-delta, San Luis Unit contractors for a 60-day public comment period. These are five of over 90 repayment contract conversions requested by federal Central Valley Project contractors.
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: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 34-count superseding indictment charging seven defendants for their roles in a narcotics conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Matthew B. Devlin will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer.
