News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: For Possessing A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Defendants Used Counterfeit USDA Stamps to Sell Misbranded Meat at a Fraudulent Premium Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, that TYREET JOURNEE, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. In the indictment, JOURNEE is charged with possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kyle Elliott Leitka, age 31, of Weleetka, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153, 2244(b) and 2246(3), punishable by not more than 2 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 21, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the extension of more than a dozen flexibilities ensuring participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) continue receiving the food and health support they...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka woman was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison today for identity theft, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, she was ordered to pay approximately $47,668 in in restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty today to enticement of a minor and child pornography charges in federal court in Worcester.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) invites graduate students and early career professionals who are interested in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to apply for the 2020 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Kula, Maui - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and public health authorities, Haleakalā National Park is increasing access to crater trails for day-use only. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Mayhew, age 55, of Rome, New York, appeared today in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks on charges that he sexually exploited a child. The defendant was ordered detained without bail pending a hearing on Sept. 24, 2020.The announcement...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released IRS data showing a significant increase in syndicated conservation easement transactions.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging has been installed and is in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Albany International Airport. The new technology provides critical explosives detection capabilities at the checkpoint and improves the capability for TSA officers to determine whether an item inside a carry-on bag is a possible threat.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that neurosurgeon Sagi M. Kuznits, practice director Pnina Kuznits, and Neurosurgical Care LLC (collectively, “Kuznits"), have agreed to pay $1,017,375.03 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for the alleged improper billing of electro-acupuncture devices called Stivax and/or P-Stim and a memory-loss device called eVox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: A Federal Jury Previously Convicted Brian Folks of Multiple Counts of Sex and Drug Trafficking and Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man accused of selling meth in a casino on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted methamphetamine trafficking charges today, U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ramon Howard, 37, Portage, Wisconsin, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 18, by U.S. District Judge William Conley to nine years in federal prison for three bank robberies. Howard pleaded guilty to these charges on June 25, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Katherine McGrath (619) 546-9054.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2020
News Release: Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statements after Congressional leaders unveiled a Continuing Resolution (CR) for FY2021, which includes a one-year extension of current surface transportation authorization funding levels...
