News from August 2020
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Kremmling, Colo. - Stage 2 fire restrictions will begin Thursday, August 20 for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands in Jackson and Larimer counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Mount Vernon couple pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to accepting federal mortgage assistance in Ohio while living in another state and renting the Ohio property to a tenant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Metropolitan Jewish Health System Hospice to Pay $5.2 Million.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on the House Democrats’ unnecessary $25 billion bailout for the U.S. Postal Service. The bill is nothing more than a giveaway to unions and trial lawyers that will hamstring the Postal Service, exacerbating their pre-existing fiscal problems.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CATHOLINE HAMMETT, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty to bank robbery before the Honorable Lance Africk, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. HAMMETT faces maximum penalties of 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Sentencing is currently scheduled for Dec. 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The former second-in-command of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: A man who sexually exploited a child pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) about advances in components, systems, and products that can withstand harsh environments and extended service lifetimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD CARIATI, JR., 45, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by one years of supervised release, for obstructing the IRS. Judge Shea also ordered Cariati to pay a $95,000 fine, and restitution of more than $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Virginia - A Charlotte, North Carolina-based doctor and his wife pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to charges that they conspired to illegally distribute prescription opioids in the Western District of Virginia and then made a false statement about the conduct, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Oklahoma counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Custer, Garfield and Logan counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shanique Hall, age 29, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2020, by the U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to three years of probation for making false statements when purchasing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Increased hot, dry weather conditions have elevated the potential for wildfires in southwest Colorado, prompting three Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field offices under the Southwest Colorado Fire and Aviation Management Unit (SWCFAMU) to implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. BLM-administered lands in the Gunnison, Tres Rios, and Uncompahgre field offices will go into Stage 1 Fire Restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, August 20.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: It is hard to believe it is time for school to start, which also means it is time for Bighorn Canyon to start to prepare for fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Duane S. Mulvaine, age 40, of Fox Lake, Wisconsin, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, by United States Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson for violating the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act prohibits the trafficking in interstate commerce "tainted"...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CATHOLINE HAMMETT, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty to bank robbery before the Honorable Lance Africk, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. HAMMETT faces maximum penalties of 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Sentencing is currently scheduled for Dec. 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden woman was arrested today and charged with stealing Social Security benefits and bank embezzlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A second Rhode Island man has been charged and arrested for his alleged involvement in the burning and destruction of a Providence Police cruiser during a riot in downtown Providence in the early morning hours of June 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AMY MAKAROS, 41, of New Britain, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to theft of mail by a postal employee.
