News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


Couple Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Embezzlement

News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Fayetteville couple pled guilty for their role in a conspiracy which embezzled money belonging to the United States.


Armed Drug Trafficker Receives More Than 13 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Wilmington man was sentenced on September 9, 2020, to 165 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute 50...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today led seven of their Senate and House colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)...


Omaha Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Money from Greeting Cards in Mail

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Annette Eubanks, 62, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Theft from the Mail. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Eubanks to a 2-year term of probation. Eubanks was also ordered to pay $1,456 in restitution to 44 victims that were identified in the investigation.


News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man who was previously convicted of money laundering pleaded guilty today in connection with a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for China and Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men have been sentenced to federal prison following their convictions of being previously convicted felons in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


Justice Department Settles With Texas Based Furniture and Appliances Chain for Charging Servicemembers Excess Interest

News Release: Justice Department Settles With Texas Based Furniture and Appliances Chain for Charging Servicemembers Excess Interest.


News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acting Administrator Neil Jacobs today seeking information about the process used to hire climate denier Dr. David Legates as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction.


Oklahoma Mother and Son Sentenced for Brazen Robbery of Elderly Colorado Woman

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - An Oklahoma mother and son have been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.


News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Jonathan Neal Sexton, a Bristol, Virginia man, who corresponded with and sent lewd pictures to an FBI employee he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 144 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to a series of charges related...


Drug User Who Unlawfully Possessed a Firearm Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: Mixon was found in possession of illegal drugs, $12,000, packaging materials, and a rifle.


Hanford Water Plant Receives Statewide Recognition

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Washington State Department of Health presented its distinguished Silver Certificate of Achievement to water treatment plant staff at the Hanford Site for five consecutive years of high performance on removing particles from water to help protect workers at the site.


Two Kansas City Men Charged with Robbing Family at Gunpoint

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City, Missouri, men have been charged in federal court with robbing a family in their home at gunpoint.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A convicted felon, caught with a loaded illegal weapon when law enforcement responded to a domestic violence call, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm illegally, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.


News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parker, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Gary Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison

News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine.


Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission Announces October 5-6 Meeting by Teleconference

News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet by teleconference on Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6, 2020, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.


RGV Felons Heading Back to Prison for Possessing Firearm

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men have been sentenced to federal prison following their convictions of being previously convicted felons in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: BOSTON -Two alleged computer hackers were indicted in the District of Massachusetts on charges of damaging multiple websites across the United States as retaliation for United States military action in January 2020 that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.