News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: In a potential step forward for imaging technology, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a way to use neutrons to detect electric fields in spaces that are unreachable by conventional probes.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) as well as CTAM, the industry marketing organization, today announced a multi-layered partnership designed to strengthen innovation and collaboration within the organizations’ collective content protection efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Travis Adam Griffin, 35, of Lincoln, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 11 years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quondall Davis, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to sex trafficking of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: A man who robbed five Tulsa and Sand Springs businesses was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 300 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Minnesota Man Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Damanya Terelle Carter, of Front Royal, Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced MS-13 gang member Danny Hernandez Solarzano, a/k/a Titre, age 22, of Montgomery County, Maryland, to 210 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, in connection with his gang activities, including two attempted murders and drug distribution.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating its import regulations to establish a system for classifying the brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis (TB) status levels for foreign regions. APHIS is also outlining the requirements for animals from each status level to enter the United States. These
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former member of Paraguay’s Congress and her husband have admitted their roles in an international money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Mr. President, Leader Schumer and I have come to the floor with a resolution calling for an end to a horribly flawed congressional investigation. The foreign threats to our democracy - attempts to poison it with disinformation and to sow distrust - are an established matter of fact. Ignoring or overlooking those threats when it’s politically convenient would be harmful enough. Wielding that disinformation as a political cudgel is something far worse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quondall Davis, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to sex trafficking of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Somerville man was indicted yesterday in connection with selling drugs while illegally in possession of a loaded firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: United States Citizen Who Joined ISIS Charged With Material Support Violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) continued their efforts to provide support for Iowans impacted by the August derecho that devastated parts of the state. Today, the Iowa senators introduced a bipartisan bill with Sens. Dianne Feinstein...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Monticello Field Office and U.S. Forest Service Manti-La Sal National Forest will host an online meeting of the Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (BENM MAC) on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Sept. 10, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against three individuals for conspiracy and theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the indictment today. According to the indictment, on August ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned a 19-Count Fourth Superseding Indictment yesterday charging Krystal Whitcomb, 28, formerly of Waterford, VT, Michael Hayes a.k.a. Moe, 38, formerly of Washington, DC, and John Welch, 34...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: DALLAS - Two area men who allegedly purchased sex from a 13-year-old trafficking victim have been arrested and charged with child sex trafficking, following an investigation by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
