News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Michael Sean Conner has been sentenced for a violent carjacking he attempted in Adairsville, Georgia, during which he shot a young man asleep in his truck. Conner will serve this sentence consecutively to a seven-year sentence for a previous carjacking conviction in Tennessee, for a total sentence of 35 years of confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has indicted four individuals in the Northern Ohio area on charges of illegal reentry. These are separate cases and are not related.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington Field Office has placed immigration detainers on 10 individuals arrested by the FBI for sex trafficking or physical assault of a minor. The 10 are known members or close associates of MS-13, a notoriously violent transnational criminal gang, designated as a transnational criminal organization by the Department of Treasury in 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: An indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging attorney Jason Kurland, Christopher Chierchio, Francis Smookler, a former securities broker, and Frangesco Russo with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Machesney Park man was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp, Jr., to a total of 12 years in federal prison for armed robbery, robbery, and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Machesney Park man was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp, Jr., to a total of 12 years in federal prison for armed robbery, robbery, and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an update to its Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers Guidance. Version 4.0 provides guidance on how jurisdictions and critical infrastructure owners can use the list to assist in prioritizing the ability of essential workers to work safely while supporting ongoing infrastructure operations across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released the following statement after he secured an oversight hearing Friday, August 21st at 9:00am with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on recent changes that have left Americans in Michigan and across the country struggling with delayed mail deliveries...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Ronald W. Allen, Jr., 41, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey to spend life in prison for sexual abuse of a minor. Allen was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $72,000.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 955,645 recreation visits in July 2020. This is a 2% increase from July 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - The National Park Foundation (NPF) announced more than 20 inaugural grants through its Women in Parks initiative, a program commemorating the centennial of the 19th amendment (which prohibited states from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex) and recognizing the many sacrifices...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Two Defendants Also Charged with Threatening to Kill Recipient of Usurious Loan.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: FORT SCOTT, Kan. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fort Scott National Historic Site is increasing recreational access and programming. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.95 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 44-year-old Longview, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: In celebration of the 104th birthday of the National Park Service (NPS), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will offer free park entrance on Tuesday, August 25. Many land and water based activities are available; find all the information needed to plan your next adventure here. The fee waiver includes entrance fees only.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Teton Interagency fire managers announce the fire danger rating has been elevated to very high for Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge. Conditions in the area are drying quickly and a fire may start easily, spread quickly and burn intensely. Everyone is asked to practice heightened fire safety at all times.
