News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Increase Health Care Access for Children

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act to help families access life-saving care for children with complex medical conditions. The legislation aims to facilitate access to care while retaining program safeguards...


News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow has sentenced Gustavo R. Sandoval, of California, to 17 ½ years in prison for trafficking kilogram quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana to Knox County and the Quad-Cities area in 2018. Sandoval, 32, of Fillmore, Calif., was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2020. He has remained in law enforcement custody since his arrest on related state charges in October 2018.


News Release: BOSTON - A North Brookfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition.


News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte, LLC, a radiology center headquartered in Port Charlotte, Florida, has agreed to pay $501,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and Tricare, a health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families.


Philadelphia City Treasurer Arrested and Charged with Multiple Frauds

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Christian Dunbar, 40, of Philadelphia, PA, the current Philadelphia City Treasurer, was arrested this morning and charged by Criminal Complaint with embezzlement by a bank employee, conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, and fraudulent procurement of citizenship. U.S. Attorney McSwain detailed the charges at a press conference this afternoon in front of the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - In July 2018, the Department of Justice launched Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S), a program aimed at reducing the supply of synthetic opioids in 10 high-impact areas, including the District of Maine. Under Operation S.O.S., the United States Attorneys in 10 districts with some...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to the city of Stevenson, Washington, to make critical wastewater infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth throughout...


Belchertown Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A former federal firearm licensee pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to firearms charges.


News Release: Former Rapides Parrish Corrections Officer Sentenced to 11 Months in Federal Prison for Assaulting Inmate.


News Release: HOONAH-ANGOON CENSUS AREA, AK-Today The Conservation Fund, National Park Foundation, Hoonah Indian Association and National Park Service announced the addition of a 150-acre cultural site to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. The newly acquired property, which sits at the head...


Former Rapides Parish Correctional Officer Sentenced for Assaulting Inmate

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A former correctional officer with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO), Detention Center 1, in Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court for assaulting an inmate detained at the facility, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty today to lying on an ATF form in the course of straw-purchasing seven firearms for a convicted felon and criminal street gang member.


Niagara Falls Man Going To Prison For Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Randy Colucci, 36, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possessing child pornography, was sentenced to 75 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on two documents related to the potential deregulation of a petunia variety developed using genetic engineering to produce orange flowers. The documents are a preliminary Plant Pest ...


News Release: BILLINGS, Mont.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas raised $570,500 in its oil and gas lease sale held online Sept. 22, 2020. Nearly 50 percent of the revenue from the sale will go to the states where the oil and gas activity occurs - in this case Montana and North Dakota - while the rest will go to the U.S. Treasury.


United States Attorney Statement Regarding Ongoing Violence in Portland

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provides the below statement on ongoing violence in Portland.


Truckee Canal repair plan proposes to address long-term operation

News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation released a plan to address potential structural repairs associated with long-term operations of the Truckee Canal. The canal is part of the Newlands Project, one of the oldest Reclamation projects in the country.


News Release: Kansas City, KS - On Friday, Sept. 25th, the Kansas Fugitive Apprehension Task Force (KFATF), Kansas City Division arrested Bryant Lamont Smith, age 33, in Parsons, Kansas. Smith was wanted out of Jefferson County Arkansas for capital murder, terroristic act, unlawful discharge of a firearm into a vehicle, and possession of firearm by certain persons. This case was adopted by the U.S. Marshals Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force.


Sham Trader Who Urged Investors to ‘Profit Off’ Pandemic Charged with Commodities Fraud

News Release: A man who urged investors to “profit off" the COVID-19 pandemic has been charged with commodities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


Wyden Statement on Trump’s Taxpayer Funded Bribe

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement today after the Trump administration announced it would send coupons to seniors instead of lowering their drug prices...