News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Reclamation today notified Congress of its intent to transfer ownership of the Hyrum-Mendon Canal and Wellsville Canal, which are part of the Hyrum Project in Cache County, Utah, to the Wellsville-Mendon Conservation District. Lands associated with these two canals will also be transferred. This action follows the recent completion of two similar transfers in Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury yesterday returned an indictment charging Brandon Goforth, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. A federal complaint was filed on Sept. 25, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Kansas Indian tribes will receive a total of more than $2 million in Department of Justice grants for public safety, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mihale Leventis, a/k/a “Rookie," a/k/a “Big Mike," age 44, of Montreal, Quebec, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to import marijuana into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that 17 individuals have been arrested in the Eastern District of Texas pursuant to a federal indictment which alleges drug trafficking and firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pled guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sammy Joe Fragale, II, aka “Bubby Fragale," 38, of Montgomery, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Fragale is one of 14 defendants charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as “Second Wave," which dismantled a poly-drug network operating in Kanawha and Fayette Counties.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced earlier this week that it will delay full implementation of the APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) until Jan. 25, 2021. APHIS made this decision in response to ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $813,620 grant to the city of Port Washington, Wisconsin, to install permanent backup generators that will ensure uninterrupted service at the city’s wastewater and water treatment plants during disasters. The EDA grant, to be matched with $203,405 in local investment, is expected to create nearly 570 jobs and retain 1,255 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced, Tuesday, Monte Evans to 80 months in prison. The 38-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and heroin and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU - Ethan Sandomire, 20, a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, was indicted by a federal grand jury today with possessing and attempting to possess a chemical weapon, and possessing an unregistered destructive device.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A second defendant pleaded guilty today to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Newton, Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Six individuals have been charged in New Jersey for their roles in a massive nationwide prescription medication and durable medical equipment telemedicine scheme, and three others admitted their roles in three other health care fraud cases. The announcements are part of a federal law enforcement effort to crack down on health care fraud nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven today sentenced James Alexander (26, Plant City) to 37 months in federal prison for making online threats to harm two officers from the Plant City Police Department. Alexander had pleaded guilty on June 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Defendant was previously deported, returned to the U.S., and allegedly sold firearms and ammunition illegally.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: SPARKS, Nev. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation joined its partners, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Farmers Conservation Alliance, to celebrate the completion of the Derby Dam Fish Screen Project. The infrastructure modernization project at Derby Dam will provide Lahontan Cutthroat Trout access to natural spawning grounds for the first time since 1905.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Cincinnati, Ohio Landlord.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that low-income Alabama residents recovering from Hurricane Sally could be eligible for a helping hand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Village Realty of Staten Island Ltd. and Denis Donovan, a sales and former rental agent at Village Realty, alleging discrimination against African Americans in violation of the Fair Housing Act when offering housing units for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that landlord John Klosterman and his wife, Susan Klosterman, will pay $177,500 to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging that John Klosterman sexually harassed female tenants since at least 2013 at residential properties the couple owned in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) ...
