News from September 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A prior sex offender in Forsyth, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty today to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Newton, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: During the Time of his Participation, the Conspiracy Possessed More than a Kilogram of Heroin for Distribution.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Over 95% of housing units have been accounted for in the 2020 Census as of today, with 29.6% counted by census takers and other field data collection operations, and 66.2% of housing units responding online, by phone or by mail.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an address at the National Cleanup Workshop, EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White said EM remains on track for 2020 to be a significant year for achievement despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Copper Center, AK - A hunter was killed by a grizzly bear in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. The hunter was on a 10-day moose hunt with a friend near the Chisana River drainage at the time of the attack.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Earlier this afternoon, Terrance Sanders was arrested for First Degree Murder by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandon Edward Bridges, age 24, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Child Neglect In Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1153 and Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 843.5(C), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000.00, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
Release: SALT LAKE CITY - With the first phase of The New SLC Airport open to travelers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has transitioned its security operations to the new and spacious terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A northern California man was sentenced today to seven years and six months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervision, for receiving and distributing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
Release: More information about the Republic of Korea is available on the Republic of Korea and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing on the examination of the Trump administration’s Afghanistan strategy by highlighting the President’s continued prioritization of peace in the Middle East and recent unprecedented agreements that will usher in a new era of long-term stability for the region.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona woman who recently completed a 79-month federal prison sentence stemming from a $15 million bank fraud scheme was ordered back to prison on Monday for executing a similar fraud scheme in which she lied to a victim about celebrities such as LeBron James supporting her supposed venture.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: During a press conference in Milwaukee today, Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced updates on Operation Legend.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded a bipartisan deal reached on the House continuing resolution (CR) that includes a full replenishment of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).

By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) is on the verge of a new era of processing radioactive waste as workers prepare to start hot operations at a facility 18 years in the making, DOE-Savannah River Manager Mike Budney said at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressed their serious concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) lack of transparency...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Charges Announced Against 26 Defendants Alleged to Operate a Violent Drug Trafficking Organization in Milwaukee.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressed their serious concerns with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) lack of transparency...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO -Attorney General William P. Barr announced, at a news conference in Milwaukee today, updates on Operation Legend.