News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been arrested on a federal drug charge for allegedly selling wholesale quantities of heroin and fentanyl in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Crews recently achieved a key milestone by removing all asbestos from a building being deactivated for demolition in the former Biology Complex at Oak Ridge.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the latest Census Bureau statistics on health insurance coverage in the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that a federal judge has entered a preliminary injunction barring Jake’s Fireworks and Right Price Chemicals from resuming business operations out of their Twin City Highway location in Nederland.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Koreatown man was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for posing online as a teenager and targeting girls for sexual exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Complaints were unsealed in federal court today charging 15 individuals with trafficking drugs and firearms in connection with the Sureños street gang, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, ATF Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman, FBI Deputy Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair, DEA Special Agent in Charge Danny Comeaux, and Concord Police Chief Mark Bustillos.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A citizen of El Salvador with a previous felony conviction for Carnal Knowledge of a Child, pleaded guilty today to illegal reentering the United States for a fourth time.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio issued a statement Tuesday following a Government Accountability Office report outlining discrepancies in the levels of payments made to producers from different states and of different commodities as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Facilitation Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND - Kristopher Allan Sylvester pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to being a felon in possession of a loaded handgun in a criminal complaint and affidavit unsealed today, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Rosebud, South Dakota, women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse, and one of the women additionally charged for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Work resumes this week on a project to improve accessibility at Devils Tower. Superintendent Amnesty Kochanowski said, “We want all people to be able to experience the nation’s first national monument. The accessibility project has been in the planning and design phase for nearly a decade. As it comes to fruition in 2020 and 2021, we thank the community and visitors for their patience with construction.".
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
Release: HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration bid farewell Monday to one of its longest tenured working canines at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) when King, a 10-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever, officially retired.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The president of a now-defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesaler today admitted his role in orchestrating and carrying out a scheme to defraud a bank in connection with a $17 million secured line of credit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today the House Committee on Energy and Commerce released the text of legislation containing the provisions of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson’s Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act. The House is expected to consider H.R. 4447 the week of September 21st.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Kelvin Broadway, 26, of Shreveport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Broadway was sentenced to 57 months (4 years, 9 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Broadway pleaded guilty to the charge on April 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Dayton, Ohio man, Robert Amos, 33, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 140 months in prison, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for possession with intention to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - David Shaw (36, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, slammed Committee Democrats after they issued a politically motivated subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, along with Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart, Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond and Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator, and agents from the ATF, FBI and DEA, held a press conference today to discuss their efforts to increase the investigation and prosecution of cases against violent criminals in the City of Shreveport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, an Ashburn, VA-based software engineering company called QuantaDyn Corporation (QuantaDyn) entered a guilty plea to a federal charge in connection with a bribery and government contract fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade and impacted contract awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition, the corporation has agreed to pay a $6.3 million fine and more than $37 million in restitution.
