News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - It’s been 60 years since steam locomotives performed mainline revenue rail operations in the United States and Canada. To commemorate the anniversary, Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) along with our friends group, the Iron Horse Society, will throughout the month of October highlight some of our mainline steam locomotives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY- A Lexington man, David Lynn Carlin, 41, was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 120 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brian Warner, 47, of Addison County, Vermont was arrested on Sept. 24, 2020. A federal grand jury indicted Warner for possessing a firearm having been previously convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an indictment charging Tia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 24, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Jose Rafael Hidalgo, age 43, a Dominican national, to 70 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will direct more than $33 million in grant funding to California to support efforts to curb domestic violence throughout the state, announced U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California McGregor W. Scott, U.S. Attorney for the Northern...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Indiana returned an indictment charging a former Indiana state senator and a gaming executive with violations of federal campaign finance laws, false statements, and falsification of Federal Election Campaign (FEC) records in connection with a series of illegal corporate contributions and conduit contributions they made to fund the congressional campaign of the former state politician.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A crewmember on a container ship has been arrested and charged with a federal offense stemming from the fatal stabbing of a fellow crewmember.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that several individuals have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise involving narcotics distribution, money laundering, and gun violence in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: FBI Boston Division Issues Public Guidance on 2020 Election Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Several individuals have been arrested and charged in Anchorage, Alaska, for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise involving narcotics distribution, money laundering, and gun violence in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Loegan Morrison-Samples, 24, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to maintaining a drug-involved premises. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: A serial bank robber who led police on a high-speed chase across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Billy Louviere, 44, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced today. United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau sentenced Louviere to 55 months (4 years, 7 months) in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Louviere pled guilty to the charge on January 7, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Ohio counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Goshen and Sweetwater counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney John F. Bash of the Western District of Texas announced today that Lakeway Regional Medical Center, LLC (LRMC) has agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $1,119,177.21 to resolve allegations LRMC submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has filed a complaint under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the False Claims Act against Nutter Home Loans, f/k/a James B. Nutter & Co. (Nutter), for forging certifications and using unqualified underwriters to approve Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM), the Department of Justice announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 12 Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Moffat, Morgan, Park and Sedgwick counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and John J. Mueller, Commissioner of the Yonkers Police Department, announced charges today...
