News from September 2020
By DOJ Gazette | Sep 30, 2020
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 30, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Indian Country COVID-19 Response.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank has announced $770,467 in Department of Justice grants to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township to battle domestic violence.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) completed a maintenance activity in August to stabilize a landfill at the Rocky Flats Site in Colorado. LM installed 267 ground anchors and more than 4,400 feet of subsurface drains to alleviate downhill slumping of the steep slopes of the Original Landfill. The project began in August 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Peter D. Lopez, Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2, announced today that the United States has filed a Consent Judgment resolving its claims against the County of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Today, Mike Hurst, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, along with Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, Gulfport Police Chief Chris Ryle, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Kurt Theilhorn, Drug Enforcement Administration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Ryan Decker, 37, of Union City, TN, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute Methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Three New Jersey men and a man and woman from Florida have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth County, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Three New Jersey men and a man and woman from Florida have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth County, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Wesley Joshua Smith has been sentenced to serve five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting a separately charged accomplice who illegally obtained more than two dozen handguns that Smith trafficked domestically and internationally.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old Rosalinda Fuentes to 45 months in federal prison for stealing more than $973,000 from her former employer, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Clare Bronfman, a high-ranking member of Nxivm’s Executive Board, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis today in federal court in Brooklyn to 81 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens for financial gain and fraudulent use of personal identification...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
Release: In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing plans to implement phase 6 of the Lacey Act enforcement schedule, effective Oct. 1, 2020. In August, we announced that we would delay ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on the Democrats’ partisan report on prescription drug prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Ricardo Richardson, 50, of Buford, GA; John Scott Watkins, 54, of Canton, GA; Gary B. Wolff, 78, an attorney from New York, NY; and Edward Heil, 71, an accountant from Pearland, TX; were arrested and charged by Indictment with conspiracy, wire fraud, and securities fraud in connection with what is commonly referred to as a "pump and dump" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Involved in the distribution of over 4 pounds of meth while possessing guns and body armor.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million grant to the city of Abilene, Texas, to make roadway infrastructure improvements needed to support expansion efforts of manufacturers and businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Robert McCabe, 76, of Bangor, PA, was charged by Information with multiple counts of securities fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud in connection with an extensive fraudulent investment scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven today sentenced James Alexander (26, Plant City) to 37 months in federal prison for making online threats to harm two officers from the Plant City Police Department. Alexander had pleaded guilty on June 17, 2020.
