News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, corporation involved in consulting, technology and staffing and using primarily foreign nationals in the United States pursuant to H1-B visas has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated immigration and employment regulations concerning continuous employment and wage requirements, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Settles Claims Against Borough of Woodcliff Lake Involving Denial of Permit to Orthodox Jewish Group to Construct Worship Center.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, Monday, Sept. 14, a body believed to be that of Steven Grunwald, 24, of Greenville, New York, was located by a search team in the Notch below McHenrys and Powell Peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged immigration detainers on three defendants charged in the May 29 murder of 16-year-old Gabriela Ardon. In addition to being illegally present in the United States, they are believed to be members or associates of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a transnational criminal organization.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to nine pharmaceutical companies currently developing COVID-19 vaccines seeking further information about their research and development efforts as well as how they intend to ensure that only a safe and effective product will be made available to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man and associate of the street gang known as the “Famous Boyz" was sentenced today to 98 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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 DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.), House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Financial Services Committee Chairwoman...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded House passage of their bipartisan bill to help save taxpayer dollars by updating policies to help federal agencies adopt electric vehicles,...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), along with agency task force partners, arrested 18 individuals named in a series of federal indictments that allege narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses, including the illegal sale of five AR-15-style “ghost guns."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Connecticut Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") leadership body, known as the “Crown Council," pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General (IG) commence an investigation into potential irregularities associated with the handling of several ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about recent incidents in Arizona involving sextortion. The FBI is seeing cases that involve an adult coercing teenagers through social media into producing sexual images and videos online.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today attended a signing ceremony at the White House where the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Bahrain formally normalized diplomatic relations with Israel. Also in attendance at the ceremony ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 12 projects to receive approximately $34 million in federal funding under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems and Hybrid Electrolyzer Technology Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: FBI Norfolk Helps Parents Teach Internet Safety to Kids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant was member of Connecticut Latin Kings governing body, known as “Crown Council".
