News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Gage H. Clausen, 20, Cheney, Kan., is charged with one count of making a threat via interstate communications. The crime is alleged to have occurred June 27, 2020, in Cheney, Kan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin S. Wise, Jr., 30, of Wilson, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) raised a series of questions in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following press reports that the agency put out a bid for a more than $250 million communications contract for a COVID-19 public relations campaign in the months leading up to the presidential election.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Park Police and National Park Service have temporarily closed Beach Drive between Park Road NW / Tilden Street NW (near Peirce Mill) and Blagden Road NW following heavy rains to ensure public safety. No accidents have been reported in this area. This section of the road and the adjacent area will remain closed as engineers and work crews complete a storm water damage assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued a subpoena to The Honorable Chad Wolf of the Department of Homeland Security for a September 17 public hearing on threats facing the homeland. Since June, the Committee has engaged with DHS to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: A man who brandished an assault rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest in Lubbock has pleaded guilty to making threats, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
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 USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Aroostook County, Maine, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By State Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the announcement of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain:
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, man was indicted today on charges of possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Christopher Hoyt, age 34, of Pulaski, New York, pled guilty yesterday to one count each of transportation of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney sentenced Jermaine DeShawn Clark to 235 months in prison following his conviction on two counts of bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tucson Field Office is offering free firewood permits for collecting downed wood at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) Sept. 15 - Oct. 31. Permits issued will be valid for one and a half months from the date of approval.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Ryan Felton has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising out of two different cryptocurrency-based investment schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Detroit resident Darrell Baker pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and money laundering arising out of a $590,000 Covid-19 fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: In Midland this week, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint charging 36-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez and 30-year-old Jose Leonardo Rodriguez-Angeles for a scheme to steal oil in the Andrews County area and transport it to various disposal locations, including one in New Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada, El Paso Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Bradley Davis, 32, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with civil disorder for his role in violent protests in the City of Rochester. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
