News from September 2020
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: A woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for embezzling $823,714 from her Tulsa employer. Leslie Michelle Clark, 53, of Tulsa, previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud on June 10.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup of the Democrats’ so-called Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act (H.R. 8109) by emphasizing that it is the latest attempt to keep the Democrats’ false narrative around the Postal Service alive.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for his role as a supplier to a significant drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than one kilogram of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Whitman Mission National Historic Site is increasing access to the park visitor center. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: A woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for embezzling $823,714 from her Tulsa employer. Leslie Michelle Clark, 53, of Tulsa, previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud on June 10.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will offer online timed entry reservations and purchase of daily entry passes for the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Scenic Drive for visits on or after Nov. 3, 2020. Daily passes and timed entry reservations will be available through Recreation.gov. Advanced reservations are available beginning Oct. 13, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Sept. 16, 2020, United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Leonel Dario Blanco-Sanchez to a term of imprisonment of 80 months. Blanco-Sanchez will serve a 5-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Alfred Evans, 40, of Wilmington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly to 9 1/2 years in prison after a wiretap investigation revealed his extensive drug dealing activities in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after meeting with Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, Dominic Raab...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Si Mong Park, 50, a United States citizen born in South Korea, was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2020 for stealing technology from U.S. companies he worked for and unlawfully exporting the technology to South Korea. Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced the defendant to 21 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Due to the continued concerns of COVID-19, Mesa Verde National Park is canceling the 2020 Holiday Open House and Luminaria event. After examining several alternatives, the park has determined there is not a feasible scenario that would discourage large groups from gathering at any particular location.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Scott Gaddy, 50, of Albany, NY, a lobbyist registered with the State of New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to theft of government money. The charge carries carry a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald for the District of Minnesota today announced that Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 23, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has been charged by indictment with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Scott Gaddy, 50, of Albany, NY, a lobbyist registered with the State of New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to theft of government money. The charge carries carry a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the Trump Administration's firing of the State Department Inspector General Steve Linick...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: GEORGETOWN, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Georgetown Dental LLC for violating respiratory protection and other standards at the Georgetown, Massachusetts, location. OSHA cited the dental practice for six serious and one other-than-serious violations, with proposed penalties of $9,500. The company has paid the penalty in full and abated the citations.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: NEW YORK - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport identified an unusual suspicious item inside a traveler’s carry-on bag that could have resulted in a tragic outcome had the item been carried onto an aircraft. The bag was pulled for a search and determined to be two large electronics wired to what appeared to be a tampered power source.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report detailing the results of his investigation into how operational changes at the United States Postal Service (USPS) ordered by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy...
