News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tasheka Stalling, 30, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement ahead of the 2-year anniversary of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act being signed into law.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today asking what actions, if any, the Trump Administration is taking to help reunite the 545 children who remain separated from their parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Keith William Nicoletta (48, Dade City) with bank fraud and illegal monetary transactions. Nicoletta was arrested earlier this week. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Isaleb Anofils, 31, of Vero Beach, pled guilty last Friday, Oct. 16, and Donyell Garland, 32, of Tallahassee, plead guilty today to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 13 counts of bank fraud, and 1 count of aggravated identity theft. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today asking what actions, if any, the Trump Administration is taking to help reunite the 545 children who remain separated from their parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against IVAN HARRISON HUNTER, 26, charging him with participating in a riot. HUNTER, who was arrested on Oct. 21, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas, made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: McLean, Va. - The National Park Service (NPS) will completely close Arlington Memorial Bridge from 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 until 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. This temporary closure will allow the NPS to move equipment and repair pavement on the south side of the bridge.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Final Rule to ensure Americans have access to high-performance, time and labor saving dishwashers. These changes will allow Americans to choose products that complete a wash or dry cycle more quickly and efficiently and give consumers the choice to decide what dishwasher is most suitable for their personal needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of JOHN EDWIN KUHNEL, 41, to 204 months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. KUHNEL, who was convicted at trial on January 7, 2020, was sentenced earlier today before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 18 kilograms of heroin into the Richmond area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: In El Paso, a federal grand jury indicted two individuals for possessing approximately 512 pounds of liquid methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Britton Boyd.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging JOEL MARTINEZ, JR., 22, of New Haven, with narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesterfield man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dean Rossi, 55, of Warrington, PA, was sentenced to five years in prison, four years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $2.85 million in restitution and $1.38 million in forfeiture by United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky, for devising and participating in schemes to defraud three financial institutions out of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at locations across the country. The nationwide event aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) wrote to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to request a briefing on DEA’s management of the supply of opioids in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (“AUSA") Shamoor Anis will lead his Office’s efforts in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020 general election. AUSA Anis has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Virginia - Donald Ray Clark, a Lebanon, Virginia man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division made the announcement today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that President Trump’s order to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 Census is unconstitutional...
