News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Leader of the Conspiracy Already Sentenced to Eight Years.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) strongly urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fully implement the recommendations contained ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Stephen Seymour, 20, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on July 23, 2020, to Assault Resulting in Substantial...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: A Dallas man plead guilty today to charges in connection with placing a hoax bomb on a Dallas railroad track, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order that effectively politicizes the federal civil service through the creation of Schedule F, a classification that will remove civil service protections from thousands of federal employees and allow the President to fill policy-making roles with his supporters...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that the Department of Justice has made up to $500,000 available in grant funding to support the operations of a Real Time Crime Center in the city of Cleveland. The Real Time Crime Center provides police with rapid intelligence and instant information to help identify emerging crime patterns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 29, 2020, Courtney Murray, age 22, of Slingerlands, New York, and Rashaun Ferguson, age 26, of Flushing, New York, were indicted by a federal grand jury for passing counterfeit U.S. currency. The indictment was unsealed following the arrests of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, and Jamielah Huggins, 37, of Kenmore, NY, were arrested and charged by complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft called on everyone in the district to.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Zachary A. Jones (22, Tampa) to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Jones to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 61-year-old purported “investment advisor" has been ordered to serve the maximum sentence for his conviction of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s new executive order to politicize the Federal Civil Service and cause thousands to lose workforce protections...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced 30 new national recreation trails in 25 states, adding more than 1,275 miles to the National Trails System. Secretary Bernhardt made the announcement from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, where he designated 76 miles...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - The United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that on Oct. 21, 2020, Judge Robert Molloy sentenced Collin Gomes, 27, of St. Croix, to 78 months in prison for possession of child pornography and five years of supervised release. Gomes was also ordered to pay special assessments in the amounts of $100 and $5,000, respectively. The Court also ordered $3,000 restitution to each of the three victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mikel Lowe, aka L-O, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Letter Described Plan to Have Senator Shot in the Head and Enclosed White Powder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina man today admitted defrauding at least 20 individuals by soliciting investments in what he claimed were highly successful, algorithm-based trading pools in foreign currency derivatives (“forex") and other financial instruments, and then using the bulk of the money for personal expenditures and to pay off other victims, Attorney for the United States Rachael Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the appointment of Eric Kriley as the Director for the Office of Law Enforcement and Security. Mr. Kriley begins his position in early November 2020 at the BLM’s Robert F. Burford Headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
