News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Earmarked for Computer Equipment and Services at Economically Disadvantaged Catholic Schools in New York City.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 14, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Sally that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Charles Burr, 35, of Beatrice, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 14, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 17 years’ imprisonment after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Burr will serve a 10-year term of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Following the virtual G-20 Agriculture and Water Ministers Meeting hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sept. 12, top agricultural officials from five Western Hemisphere countries - Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States - issued the following statement underscoring...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Princeton woman pled guilty to conspiring with another person to distribute child pornography, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elizabeth Kaye Haway, 43, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: San Juan, PR - Today, United States Marshal Wilmer Ocasio Ibarra, announced the arrests of Angel Cruz Cabrera.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Enticed 14-year-old SW Washington girl to send sexually explicit photos; traveled to Washington with suspected abduction kit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYRELL COX-HENDERSON, 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans probed Disney over its decision to film a live-action remake of Mulan in China where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is carrying out a genocide of the Uyghur people while at the same time threatening to boycott Georgia over its pro-life law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: USA Shappert Announces Launch of V.I. Health Care Fraud Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. - Every year thousands of people gather at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument to watch one of conservation’s biggest spectacles - the release of captive-bred California Condors to the wild. This day is a celebration of the dedication and tenacity that hundreds of people have put...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney McSwain also detailed ten murder cases in which the defendant was on the street because of overly lenient plea deals given out by the DA’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Marion County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga: The four members of a Texas family who crafted an elaborate scheme to fraudulently obtain multiple Masters Tournament tickets have been sentenced, with the ringleader getting federal prison time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today that YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley received $350,000 in Department of Justice grants to address and assist children and youth experiencing domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites Idahoans to show their nearly 12 million acres of public lands in the Gem State some love. How? By participating in one of the 13 in-person or virtual National Public Lands Day events that will be held in September and October!
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) employee was sentenced today for embezzling nearly $70,000 in VA funds.
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: 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, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Due to the continued precautions related to COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend this policy for an additional 60 days. The expiration date for these accommodations is now Nov. 19, 2020.
