News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 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 million grant to the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, to make roadway infrastructure improvements needed to support expansion efforts of area manufacturers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - A man from Arizona pleaded guilty today to driving 11.5 pounds of pure methamphetamine from Phoenix to Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Office for Victims of Crime Awards Nearly $4 Million to Support Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: OMAHA, Nebraska- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is kicking off Red Ribbon Week, Friday, Oct. 23, with multiple buildings and bridges across the five state Omaha Division lighting up red to recognize the nation’s oldest and largest drug misuse prevention awareness program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted two men on robbery and weapons offenses for stealing expensive watches and jewelry at gunpoint from a Hinsdale store.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representative Danny Davis (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to make important improvements to our nation’s child support program to ensure that low-income children and families get...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Belgrade man who admitted dumping radioactive contaminants from oil drilling at an abandoned gas station in North Dakota instead of properly disposing of the waste as hired to do was sentenced today to four months in prison, which was the time he had served in custody, and two years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Fatima Sesay, age 29, of Laurel, Maryland, to serve 16 months in federal prison following her conviction for obstruction of justice. The court also ordered Ms. Sesay to serve two years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Benton, Ill. -Tamecia Buckley, 37, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced today to 75 months in.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A previously convicted felon found carrying a gun after a Savannah protest has pled guilty to a federal firearms charge.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office is planning to burn slash piles on BLM administered lands this fall and winter in several areas including Slip Road, Beartrap, Hazelton Road, Billy Creek, and Weston Hills in north central Campbell County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Todd Michael Hensley, of Anderson, South Carolina, has admitted to drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Consistent with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s priority to support local communities and access to recreational opportunities, the Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office has published a Notice of Realty Action (NORA) for the conveyance of 7.5 acres of public...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Temporary Closure of Colonial Parkway Williamsburg Tunnel Yorktown, Virginia -.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today charging seven members of the It’s Just Us (IJU) street gang with various crimes including RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Former U.S. Army Reservist Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Sex Trafficking and a Related Offense.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: MAYFIELD, Ky., Oct. 22, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $11.7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Kentucky and Illinois. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Kavita L. Harack (34, Kissimmee) has pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, 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 Rhyan O. Stewart, 47, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a weapon, was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
