News from September 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
Release: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) stopped five loaded guns in a week, including one this morning.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) during today’s hearing titled: “Amtrak’s Response to COVID-19."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman pled guilty today to bank fraud and possession of stolen mail, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Samantha Miller, 36, traveled to various banks in Kanawha County and presented stolen checks that had been altered in an attempt to cash them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: UPDATE. A federal judge dismissed the indictment against the defendant, Jean Trummel, in the case described in the press release below. WICHITA, KAN. - Audrey Elkins, 42, Winfield, Kan., is charged with one count of embezzlement. The crime is alleged to have occurred November 2010 to November 2017 in...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid yesterday ordered Daniel A. Betty, 28, of Decatur, Ill., to serve 22 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting and enticing a 14-year-old girl in September and October 2019. In imposing sentence, Judge Shadid described Betty as a predator who manipulated the minor victim.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $19 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Western New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Matthew Paul Slatzer, 36, of Canton has entered a plea of guilty to one charge of possession of a firearm by a person with a domestic violence conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FRANCIS J. O’REILLY, a Carmel attorney, was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 18 months in prison for committing tax evasion and failing to pay over payroll taxes for the tax year 2015 as...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C., September 9, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide approximately $530 million to support the U.S. seafood industry and fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs from foreign governments. The funding will be provided through the Seafood Trade Relief Program and funded through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Provided $5,000 to an Immigration Official as a Down Payment to Illegally Obtain a Permanent Resident Card.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [September 9, 2020] - Operating hours for visitor services in Glacier National Park including campgrounds, backcountry permits, boat inspections, and concession operations begin to adjust now that the Labor Day holiday weekend passed, and the autumn season approaches.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and local and state public health authorities, and in consultation with partners of La Fiesta de Tumacácori, Tumacácori National Historical Park is cancelling the 2020 Fiesta, normally held the first full weekend in December.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Daniel Boush, 29, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty for being a felon in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Audrey Elkins, 42, Winfield, Kan., is charged with one count of embezzlement. The crime is alleged to have occurred November 2010 to November 2017 in Cowley County, Kan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wheeling Hospital, Inc., an acute care hospital located in Wheeling, West Virginia, has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to the Medicare program that resulted from violations of the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will provide $16 million for advanced research in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for both scientific investigation and the management of complex systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that a total of 302 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers so far as part of Operation LeGend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that two defendants have been arrested and charged in separate complaints with civil disorder for their roles in violent weekend protests in the City of Rochester. Adam Green, 20, of Dansville, NY, and Dallas Williams-Smothers, 20, of Rochester, NY, each face five years in prison if convicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray issued an alert today, warning the public of potential scammers seeking to obtain personal information by claiming to be with the Justice Department.
