News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will add fire restrictions at New Melones Lake during red flag warnings (weather conditions increasing fire risk). The following acts are prohibited...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Andrew Medina, 29, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with attempting to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, and a maximum of life.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) has reopened the Silver Bridge to all foot traffic following a formal structural assessment. The Silver Bridge, which crosses the Colorado River along the Bright Angel Trail is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon near Phantom Ranch.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a former federal task force officer for his role in a cocaine distribution case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Florida - A Putnam County man was arrested and charged with production and possession of child exploitation material last week. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JAHMOND CAVELL HARLEY, 26, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to serve 84 months in federal prison for possession of multiple firearms after having been previously convicted of a felony, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today for possession of approximately one kilogram of fentanyl and illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Louquincy Carr, 35, of St. Louis, Missouri, was charged by a federal complaint for robbery in connection with an armed robbery at a T-Mobile Store. Carr will be presented in court today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Nannette A. Baker for his initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Alexander, 54, Medford, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 49 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis- U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen announced that Bayless Consolidated School District, Maries County R-1 School District and Schuyler County R-1 received $532,265 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Two men will serve federal prison terms after being sentenced as convicted felons for crimes including illegal possession of firearms.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $21 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in North Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced a criminal complaint charging Ri Jong Chol, Ri Yu Gyong, North Korean nationals, and Gan Chee Lim, a Malaysia national. The three were charged with conspiracy to violate North Korean Sanctions Regulations and bank fraud, and conspiracy to launder funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 70 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release on his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal district court judge convicted an Alexandria man today on the charge of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Sacramento, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the Eastern District of California announced that $1,596,426 was awarded across the district from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) to improve school...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Holmes, Pearl River and Covington County School Districts Each Awarded Almost Half Million Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for conspiring with her husband and others to steal at least 35 vehicles, earning more than half a million dollars by selling their parts.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six New Mexico counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Catron, Cibola, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna and Santa Fe counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
