News from September 2020
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Ervin L. Smith, Jr., 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., following his convictions for robbery and firearms charges. In addition to his prison term, he will serve three...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) hosted a 9/11 commemoration event this morning at the agency’s headquarters in Arlington, Va., to mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, remember the victims and honor their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar will serve as the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, effective Sept. 15, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. He is assuming the office under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. § 3345.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - Daquan Sanders, 20, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 104 months in prison for his involvement in an armed carjacking committed in April 2019. In June 2020, Sanders pled guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Sanders appeared today before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Eric Bland, 37, of Laredo, Missouri was sentenced Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Bland to...
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: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Enrique Reyes, age 20, of Bronx, New York pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft on September 8, 2020 before United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Federal tax measures from the CARES Act and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act played a critically important role in sustaining workers and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Economic Impact Payments and the Employee Retention Tax Credit-together with the supplemental federal unemployment insurance benefits-helped millions of families weather this year’s economic catastrophe.
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: 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 Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: Saturday, September 26 is National Public Lands Day and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is looking for volunteers, park advocates, and science enthusiasts to join us in collecting valuable data. From 9:00 am - 11:00 am, take part in citizen science by observing and identifying flora and fauna species at the Overlook by using the free iNaturalist app, available for Android and iPhone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Two Companies Allegedly Violated Sanctions by Acting as Intermediaries for ZTE's Export of US-origin Goods to North Korea.
By State Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the Administration’s announcement of diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2020 - USDA issued the following notice today to protect SNAP participants, after receiving reports of several possible SNAP Fraud attempts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men pled guilty this week to federal ammunition and firearm charges, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 52-year-old Edgewood, Texas, man has been sentenced for federal drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Black Hawk Economic Development, Inc., Waterloo, Iowa, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Iowa adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Attorney General William P. Barr and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea announced the results of Operation Crystal Shield, DEA’s six-month-long effort targeting the command and control elements of Mexican cartels that operate major methamphetamine “transportation hubs" in the United States.
