News from October 2020
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $20 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in New Mexico. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement after Senate Democrats once again voted to block consideration of targeted pandemic response legislation that would have provided immediate relief for small businesses, struggling farmers and unemployed Americans while negotiations on more contentious issues continue.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Mexican nationals have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute approximately 14 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced that on Oct. 20, 2020, MICHAEL HOLMES, age 40, of New Orleans, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to drug and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - Two biofuel company owners were sentenced to prison for conspiracy and making false statements to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and conspiracy to defraud the IRS and preparing a false tax claim announced U.S. Attorney David J. Freed for the Middle District of Pennsylvania...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 85 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN -During a visit with law enforcement in Memphis today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation LeGend, which was expanded to Memphis on Aug. 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - David John Ridling (58, Vero Beach) has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of bank fraud, 8 counts of money laundering, and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. Ridling faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each bank fraud count; 20 years’ imprisonment...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM -Valles Caldera National Preserve, in collaboration with its friends group, Los Amigos de Valles Caldera, announced the completion of a community lighting retrofit project with the Village of Jemez Springs and Hidden Valley Sporting Goods in the community of La Cueva. In total, seventeen...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Logan Decker, 28, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was sentenced in federal court today to serve 528 months (44 years) in federal prison for his part in the sexual exploitation of a two-year-old child, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Albany Field Office, and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Warwick man who allegedly shared links of child pornography while participating in an online group chat was ordered detained in federal custody until a hearing on Friday following his arrest today by members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 85 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Steven M. Lukach, Jr., age 70, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 20, 2020, to 27 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for mail fraud and falsification of records.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser announced today the appointment of District Election Officers in the Central District of Illinois in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. Assistant U.S. Attorneys...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - The 51-year-old El Salvadorian national who is suspected of killing a Houston police officer has been charged in federal court with being a felon and an alien unlawfully in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stephen Jack Nelson, age 32, of McAlester, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Assault With A Dangerous Weapon With Intent To Commit Bodily Harm In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, sent a letter to Marc Doyle, the CEO of DuPont de Nemours (DuPont), Inc. and Mark Verganano, the President and CEO of the Chemours Company (Chemours) to request information regarding continued use of perfluorooctanoic...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho, to design and build an 80,000-square-foot career and technical education facility to house workforce training programs focused on the energy, environment, and technology fields. The EDA grant will be matched with $1.2 million in local funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced RODERICK HICKMAN (“HICKMAN"), age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; BERNELL GALE (“GALE"), age 43, of Raceland, Louisiana; and TROY SMITH (“SMITH"), age 56, also of Houma, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
