News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Taiwanese National Arrested for Misrepresenting Employee Payroll Figures for Multiple Companies to Receive COVID-19 Loan Funds; Spent Over $275,000 of Loan Proceeds on Personal Luxury Expenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- Following an increase in incidents involving pets, including a dog bite over the past weekend, law enforcement rangers will be increasing enforcement of leash laws. All pets must be on a leash of no longer than six feet, or under another secure means of physical control such as a carrier or stroller. Pets may not be left unattended at any time.
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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s announcement that he will pause operational reforms to improve the U.S. Postal Service’s efficiency until after the 2020 election.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Macon, GA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is increasing recreational access. 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 Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Chad Wolf’s politically charged and misleading interview on the Axios on HBO television show last night...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM crews are taking steps to prevent vehicles from striking wild animals on Hanford Site roadways.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Moab Field Office has released the Mineral and Hell Roaring Canyons Environmental Assessment for 30-day public comment. The BLM is requesting input from the public on a proposal that would limit roped and aerial activities to protect wildlife habitat...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Kevin Kupperbusch, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Eastern Region Office of the Inspector...
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 $3.6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to nine EDA Economic Development District organizations in Oregon to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Tampa, Florida, Towing Company for Unlawfully Selling Car Belonging to Deployed Servicemember.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: The cyclist, 60-year old Harold D. Pardue from Elkin, NC suffered severe head trauma and was unconscious following the single-bicycle accident. He passed away as a result of these injuries on Monday, August 17. Pardue was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident which occurred on a downhill section of the Cades Cove Loop Road.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public scoping comments on a quarry proposed by Mountain Valley Excavating (MVE), east of state highway 69 in Fremont County, CO. The proposed quarry would occupy approximately 10 acres of BLM managed lands, which would include the quarry, access road, and storage of stockpiled material.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DOE) approved Critical Decision-4 (CD-4) and Authorization To Operate for the (SWPF) at Savannah River Site (SRS), authorizing “hot" or radioactive operations to begin at the facility. CD-4 signals project completion and the transition from project phase to operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Darryl Cleon Forbes (27, Jamaica) to five year and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The court also ordered Forbes to forfeit $2.4 million, and pay $1,122,957 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend: Protest Organizer Arrested After Armed Robberies, Armed Standoff with Police Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ricky Smith, 23, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking. Smith appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Nov. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for drug and weapons offenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging DEVON DWAYNE REGINALD GLOVER, 21, and MARSHAWN MICHAEL DAVISON, 19, with Hobbs Act robbery. GLOVER was also charged with firearms violations. GLOVER and DAVISON are currently in custody and will make their initial appearances in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to life in prison for human trafficking. Brandon Marquis Jennings received his sentence in United States District Court in New Bern.
