News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with selling fentanyl.


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.


Former Sheriff’s Captain Pleads Guilty to Illegally Trafficking Firearms; Admits Corruption

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 or Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961.


Pine Ridge Man Charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


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.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 42 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


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...


Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to Three and One Half Years for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 42 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


U.S. Attorney, Tulsa Police Chief, and ATF Assistant Director Announce the “2150 Initiative” in Memory of Tulsa Police Sergeant Craig Johnson

News Release: Today, U.S. Attorney Trent Shores, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Assistant Director of Field Operations Thomas Chittum announced the launch of the “2150 Initiative" in memory of Tulsa Police Sergeant Craig Johnson who was killed in ...


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.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Turab Lookman, 68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine for providing a false statement to the Department of Energy. Lookman is not allowed to leave New Mexico for the term of his probation.


The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Englewood and Thornton Police Departments Need Your Help Identifying the 'Branded' Bandit

News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Englewood and Thornton Police Departments Need Your Help Identifying the 'Branded' Bandit.


News Release: Recently, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of the Paycheck Protection Plan (“PPP") Criminal Fraud Enforcement Action, a new relief measure in the CARES Act designed to reduce pandemic-related fraud. As part of the CARES Act, the federal government made hundreds of billions of dollars...


News Release: House Democrats are advancing partisan legislation that imposes a top-down, big government approach that would have the federal government decide how best to address local issues of diversity in America’s schools.


Prince George's County Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Marquis Von Clemons, age 38, of Langley Park, Maryland, to 92 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery. Judge Chuang also entered an order requiring Clemons to forfeit and to pay restitution in the amount of $5,080.


California Man Sentenced to more than 24 Years for Nationwide Fentanyl Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Huntington Beach, California, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Fentanyl Analogue and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.


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...


Two KC 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: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Financial Services...