News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Julie Wheeler, 44, and her husband Rodney Wheeler, 48, both of Beaver, with conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY -. Employee Surveillance Testing. Yellowstone’s August 18 press release reported 121 “pending" employee COVID-19 tests taken late last week. All of these tests have returned negative, bringing the park’s total asymptomatic negative test count to 1,499 since early June (467 negative...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: 32 defendants charged with federal crimes under Operation Legend in Cleveland.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Antonio Chandler (40, Sanford) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Chandler had pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy on June 4, 2020. His...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to volume five of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s Russia report...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Additional Federal Agents in Detroit Immediately Succeeded in Taking Violent Offenders Off Our Streets.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: A Southfield man was charged in a criminal complaint for his alleged role in a multi-state unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan, the State of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Amber Heward, of Burlington, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
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: At a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri, today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced updates on Operation Legend.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Julie Wheeler, 44, and her husband Rodney Wheeler, 48, both of Beaver, with conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: A drug user who possessed firearms and ammunition pled guilty on Aug. 17, 2020, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 192,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - Federal and local law enforcement today announced the initial early results of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in cooperation with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Marina, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office has issued a temporary emergency closure for the Ft. Ord National Monument in Monterey County due to wildland fire danger. The closure is effective at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, and remains in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Gaafar Muhammed Ebrahim Al-Wazer, 25, of Altoona, PA, was charged by Indictment with three counts of making false statements to Task Force Officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Philadelphia Joint Terrorism Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), a Toronto, Canada-based global banking and financial services firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to a price manipulation scheme involving thousands of episodes of unlawful trading activity by four traders in the precious metals futures contracts markets.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette wrote to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro today requesting a review of the changes that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made to COVID-19 hospital capacity reporting systems and requirements during the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Evansville - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Davontai Jones-Robinson, 23, of Evansville, Indiana, and Trinity Taylor, 26, of Prattville, Alabama, are in federal custody and charged with three counts each of Obstruction of Commerce by Robbery, and three counts each of Use of a Firearm During and Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Ohio counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
