News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 9, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Neil A. Frank (age: 35) of Appleton, Wisconsin.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: After a 17-month investigation, House and Senate Committee leaders today released a staff report detailing extensive abuse of nearly $6 million in taxpayer funds by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, who retained private communications consultants with strong ties...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with all five commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Trump FCC: Four Years of Lost Opportunities."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch and U.S. Park Rangers, Thomas Grabarek, 71, of Flagstaff, Ariz., pled guilty on September 8, 2020 to misdemeanor violations for starting a wildland fire within Grand Canyon National Park. The Cottonwood Creek Fire ignited approximately 64 acres in the Inner Canyon along the Tonto Trail near Horseshoe Mesa.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: New York Brothers Charged With COVID-Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a fourteen-count indictment charging Elliott Sterling, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with wire fraud, financial aid fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions involving property derived from specified unlawful activity. Sterling appeared for his arraignment yesterday and pled not guilty to the pending charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Bend, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for placing a hoax bomb at the Deschutes County Courthouse on July 29, 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Defendant was responsible for May 2019 shooting.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Joe Manchin (D-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Rules Committee, and Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced legislation that would ensure that the U.S. Postal Service remains...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers sent a letter to the bipartisan leadership of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) calling for inclusion of the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (FY21 NDAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Diane L. Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, announced that 14 individuals were arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two defendants were sentenced Wednesday to 20 years each in federal prison for crimes committed in connection with the manufacture of synthetic cannabinoid products (commonly referred to as “spice"), operating a continuing criminal enterprise, manufacturing and distributing controlled...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), along with Chairman John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) announced a bipartisan agreement on changes to a hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) amendment to S. 2657, American Energy Innovation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. - U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that he is resigning from the Department of Justice, effective Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 12:00 p.m. Cullen, 43, who has served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia since March 30, 2018, made this announcement following his Senate confirmation to become a U.S. District Judge in the Western District of Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: After a 17-month investigation, House and Senate Committee leaders today released a staff report detailing extensive abuse of nearly $6 million in taxpayer funds by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, who retained private communications consultants with strong ties...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), along with Chairman John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) announced a bipartisan agreement on changes to a hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) amendment to S. 2657, American Energy Innovation Act.
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 $2 million grant to LICAR, LLC., Greenville, South Carolina, to construct the Clemson University Land Stewardship Foundation's Flex Lab One Building on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2020
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A 31-year-old former officer and resident of Maurepas, Louisiana, has been arrested in McAllen for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - San Antonio.
