News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Leader McCarthy and House Republicans introduced the China Task Force Act, an urgently needed piece of legislation to help block the attempted takeover of multiple economic sectors and other harmful practices by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One of these at-risk sectors...
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty today to engaging in a COVID-19 related loan fraud scheme with losses of $196,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that an Astoria, Oregon man has been charged with Civil Disorder during protest activities in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Dispose of your unused, unwanted, and expired medicine safely on October, 24, 2020.
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: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson today announced $278,460 in Department of Justice funding to hire a special prosecutor to try federal firearms cases. The award supports violence reduction efforts as part of Operation Legend and other Department-led initiatives in cities across the...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the latest data showing that despite continued congressional oversight and multiple court orders, Postmaster General DeJoy has still failed to fully restore mail performance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Ibrahim Sesay, 45, of Wilmington, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark to 9 years in federal prison for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga.- Two defendants arrested during “Operation End Game," a multi-agency effort targeting and arresting adult perpetrators in the Athens-area seeking sex with children, were sentenced to prison, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to make stormwater infrastructure improvements at the North Gateway Business Park. The EDA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bobby Ray Scott III, age 42, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and 2113(d). Bank Robbery is punishable by not more than life imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - On Oct. 22, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ely District issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on analysis provided in the Moriah Herd Area 10-year Wild Horse Gather Environmental Assessment (EA).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a statement today following new press reports detailing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) last-minute decision against banning the use of formaldehyde in hair straightening products after agency scientists detected high-levels of the substance in their formulas...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for the unlawful possession of a Glock semi-automatic handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Gregorio Lopez, a former official with the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA"), has paid $15,000 to settle a civil case alleging that after he left the SBA, he attempted to improperly influence actions of the SBA in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Andrew Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis wants to ensure that Idahoans are aware how to rid their homes of unused and unwanted medications.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, Arkansas, to update and expand its STEM-focused facilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2020
News Release: Defendant Kenneth Kurson’s Alleged Harassment of His Victims Involved Repeated Visits to Their Workplace, Filing False Complaints with their Employer and Malicious Cyber Activity.
