News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s latest drug pricing political stunt...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: For Racketeering Conspiracy. HAMMOND-Pierre Forest, 25, of Harvey, Illinois, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 216 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Seattle- A 36-year-old member of the Tulalip Tribes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 37 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury arising from a high-speed crash, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. HERMAN JAMES JOHN...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Damend Lavel Pollard, of Wheeling, West Virginia was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for drug distribution in the Wheeling area, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - Isle Royale National Park and State University of New York-College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) have documented reproduction for wolves introduced to Isle Royale in 2018 and 2019, a key element of the National Park Service wolf introduction program’s success,.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: The world has changed so much recently. The pandemic has tested the security of organizations in unprecedented ways. If we’re not thinking differently, we will not achieve the results needed to keep pace with emerging threats and improve the economic, health, and security of our country. We recognize...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, announced that he will hold a hearing to examine the Trump Administration’s strategy in Afghanistan with Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad upon his return from Doha, Qatar.
By State Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores today announced the results of the September 2020 Federal Grand Jury B. The grand jury returned 55 unsealed and eight sealed indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Defendants paying more than $275,000 in community restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Green Desert violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award totaling $11,295 in favor of a Texas seller. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a chain of nursing homes and the company’s executive vice president have been charged with fraud for allegedly orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that raised millions of dollars from investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California woman who was stopped in Kansas with eight pounds of heroin in her car was sentenced today to 26 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to federal prison for his participation in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Mercer County, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sezar Hamilton, 39, was sentenced to 174 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute hydromorphone. Hamilton was charged as a result of a long-term, multi-state investigation known as Operation X-Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced that Genesee Joint Schools, Minidoka School District 331, Highland Joint School District 305, and Joint School District 391 received a combined $923,990 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Katherine Decker, 49, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to three years and seven months in prison for a disability benefits fraud and identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Less than three weeks after Hurricane Laura caused widespread damage in Louisiana, the Gulf Coast is preparing for another major storm. With Hurricane Sally expected to make landfall on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) is providing critical chemical hazard support.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric W. Hathcock, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for distributing fentanyl and heroin, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
