News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced today that five individuals are facing federal charges for causing damage to the Foley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on May 30, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - After the Senate Commerce Committee announced a hearing on the need for federal data privacy legislation, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Meth, Heroin Seized at KC Train Station.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - After the Senate Commerce Committee announced a hearing on the need for federal data privacy legislation, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, (HSI) Los Angeles, a cartel-connected drug dealer was sentenced in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, to 25 years in prison for his role in a to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations to fill three positions on its National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board plays an important role in our efforts to be a good neighbor in states where the BLM and U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today participated in a colloquy on the U.S. Senate floor to urge the replenishment of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). Failure to do so would not only hurt already struggling farmers, ranchers, and growers; it would jeopardize the implementation of 2018 Farm Bill programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Mobley, 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today opposed the Democrats’ partisan Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act (H.R. 8109) during the Committee’s markup and blasted them for opposing Republican amendments to improve the bill. He called on Democrats to instead work on meaningful postal reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Defendant was later found in Boston after being arrested on domestic violence charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Roderick Dedeaux, age 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his plea of guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A local area man was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in federal prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, producing images of the sexual abuse, and possessing hundreds of images and videos of the sexual assaults. The punishment was the result of a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Ralph Johnson, 54, of Kinzers, PA, former Chief of Environmental Management Services at the Corporal Michael J. Cresenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment for soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with contracts and purchase orders at the medical center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea, today, from 48-year-old Ashu Joshi. Joshi, a St. Louis resident, pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $10 million to 29 select projects to support the development of a nationwide Terrorism and Targeted Violence Prevention (TVTP) Framework. These awards were made through a competitive process under the Fiscal Year 2020 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: On Wednesday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) refused DHS’s multiple offers to have a senior department official present at a hearing on worldwide threats.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of assistance for residents and agricultural producers affected by recent wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Each weekday, the Department of Justice will highlight a case that has resulted from Operation Legend. Today’s case is out of the Northern District of Indiana. While not a designated Legend district, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana works closely with the U.S. Attorney’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: A Montana man was sentenced to 87 months in prison Tuesday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international investment-fraud conspiracy. Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: In August 2019 and August 2020, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned two separate indictments charging five computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with computer intrusions affecting over 100 victim companies in the United States ...
