News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Kansas City, MO - At a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, today, Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney John Anderson announced updates on Operation Legend.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dr. Felix Brizuela, Jr., a Pennsylvania physician operating offices in West Virginia, was indicted by a grand jury today on charges of illegally distributing controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Grand Junction, Colorado-In support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission to sustainably manage wild horses and burros on public rangelands, the agency announced today that is has completed the necessary environmental analyses to award contracts for three new and one expanded off-range corral...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A veteran who reaped federal monetary benefits for faking a mental health condition and who falsely claimed to have earned two of the highest honors bestowed for military service was sentenced to the top of his sentencing guideline range and will pay restitution for his crimes, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Democratic staff released a new report that finds the Trump Administration deliberately caused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fail its mandate to act in the best interest of abused and neglected children. In January of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in engaging in a pattern of fraudulent activity through his auto dealership, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Canadian National Charged with Alien Smuggling Conspiracy and Attempting to Bring Aliens to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Soto, a convicted drug felon, was found with meth and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Project Parkersburg defendants were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in a large-scale, multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mario J. Peia (619) 546-9706.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Lisa Reaves concluded her Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Lisa is a fifth grade teacher at LaFollette Elementary School, in LaFollette, Tennessee. Lisa worked as Big South Fork’s TRT, where her main focus was to create new activity workbooks...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan congratulates the American Islamic Community Center (AICC) on the beginning of construction of its new mosque in Sterling Heights, Michigan, which was the subject of an earlier federal lawsuit brought by the Justice Department.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) have been working together for more than two decades to advance the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the nation’s early atomic energy and weapons programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation Legend.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Toombs County, Georgia, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to hail that occurred on April 8, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By State Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
Release: The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) announces an open competition for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 projects to combat trafficking in persons outside of the United States. Applicants are invited to submit applications describing how they will address a minimum of one of the programming activities described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal grand jury has indicted Keith Lessard, 40, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, for mailing threatening communications to a Kanawha County Circuit Judge, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in engaging in a pattern of fraudulent activity through his auto dealership, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: On Aug. 13, 2020, Mike Reynolds, the Regional Director for the National Park Service Regional Office Serving Department of Interior Regions 6, 7, and 8, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) for improvements to the Mesa Top Loop roads in Mesa Verde National...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Charles Elmore has concluded his Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Obed Wild and Scenic River. Charles is currently the Librarian at Central High School, in Wartburg, Tennessee. He worked as Obed’s TRT, where his main focus was to create new educational resources to give students the experience...
