News from October 2020
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - With colder weather approaching, people may start thinking about gathering firewood. Firewood permits are required to gather firewood from public lands. The permits cover woodcutting on lands managed by the Bureau of Land management in the Winnemucca District which includes Humboldt and Pershing counties, as well as portions of Lander, Churchill and Washoe counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kemnorris Kinsey, age 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 150 months in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Twelve people have been charged for their participation in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail and engage in bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Seth D. DuCharme, the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before their committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Mexican citizen was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man accused in a scheme to smuggle methamphetamine into the Cascade County Detention Center by having inmates hide the drug inside their bodies admitted a drug trafficking charge today, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LAREDO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers encountered a residence in Laredo, Texas used to house illegal aliens, also known as stash houses, resulting in the apprehension of 32 undocumented aliens Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Russell Coleman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, is pleased to announce that Eastern District of Kentucky Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Bradbury and Victim Witness Coordinator Jenny Parker are the latest recipients of the U.S. Attorney’s Law Enforcement Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced a Nigerian National residing in Austin to 51 months in federal prison for his participation in a conspiracy that laundered more than $1.7 Million in Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam proceeds stolen from multiple companies, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: FREELAND, Wash., Oct. 22, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $596,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in the state of Washington. 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: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict in the first convened jury trial in the Middle District of Georgia since COVID-19 precautions took effect, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, a group of 15 Senators led by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the most senior member of the Committee, called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reverse its decision to unfairly exclude dairy farmers from receiving COVID-19 relief to cover losses related to meat production.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Five Charged in Connection with COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: United States Attorneys Matthew D. Krueger and Scott C. Blader announced awards of $6,472,018 in Department of Justice grants to fight drug abuse and addiction in Wisconsin. The grants were awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and are part of more than $341 million going to communities nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Texas woman was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for her leading role in an opioid buy-back scheme in which a doctor at a Los Angeles clinic prescribed opioids to “patients" who sold the narcotics back to the clinic, which later sold drugs on the black market in California and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict in the first convened jury trial in the Middle District of Georgia since COVID-19 precautions took effect, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV -New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts announces that the Tailwaters area of Gauley River National Recreation Area will be intermittently closed for a paving and milling project beginning Monday, October 26. Four days of closures over two weeks will be necessary to complete the project, stated Watts, with specific dates to be weather-determined during the course of the two weeks. The road and area will be open, however, on weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) pleaded guilty today to drug conspiracy charges.
