News from August 2020
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - This week plans for the 2020 federal subsistence hunt for the Chisana caribou herd were announced by Wrangell-St. Elias Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. The Federal Subsistence Board authorized a limited harvest from the Chisana caribou herd...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2020 jobs report...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Isle Royale National Park is pleased to announce that in partnership with Isle Royale Resorts/Rock Harbor Lodge, fuel sales will continue at Rock Harbor through August 25. Diesel and gasoline will be available from 8:00 am to 10:00 am and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET daily along with limited sales in the Rock Harbor Trading Post.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today blasted Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation, for its “abysmal" response to electric power outages in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. As of 4 pm yesterday, more than 289,000 people in JCP&L’s...
By State Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today released the following statement remembering the al-Qaeda-led bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998 that claimed the lives of more than 200 people and wounded over 1,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Georgia man who operated an industrial-scale illegal pill-manufacturing operation has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, representing the final sentence among the major members of the drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Partners Pharmacy of Virginia, LLC (“Partners Pharmacy"), located in Richmond, has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from alleged record-keeping violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Taire Chaney, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to execute an amendment to Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board Contract No. 14-06-200-5222R, dated March 1, 2003, to add renewal language and extend the contract term for up to three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Tindal, 25, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit arson and arson. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: East Beach Road Fire Status. Acres Burned: 84 acres. Cause: Human Caused. Engines: 2. Tenders: 0. Helicopters: 0 assigned but available locally. Hand Crews: 3. Heavy Equipment: 0. Fallers: 2. Containment: 75%. Total personnel: 84. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, July 29 at 4 pm a wildfire was discovered just...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Vincent J. Siravo, 40, of Westerly, a registered sex offender convicted in Rhode Island state court in 2008 for possessing child pornography, has been ordered detained in federal custody following his arrest on Tuesday while he allegedly exchanged child pornography online by accessing a South Kingstown restaurant’s customer Internet account.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the conviction of Robert Earl Tucker, Jr., age 45, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tucker was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 2, 2020, and charged with three counts of making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer, one count of possession of a firearm by a person adjudicated as a mental defective, and one count of possession of ammunition by a person adjudicated as a mental defective.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Brandon Purdy. Madison County issued several warrants for the arrest of Purdy, including: Possession With Intent to Distribute Schedule 1, Heroin and Fentanyl, Schedule 2, Suboxone Strips, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Dangerous Felony.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. – U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, joined by Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Matt Albence, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans Acting Special Agent in Charge Gilbert Trill, and U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General Special Agent ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Bottom line: Activity in the vicinity of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse remained calm overall – in sharp contrast to the violent nightly siege of previous weeks. Wednesday evening marked a fourth consecutive night with zero attacks directed at federal officers or property. The change is directly ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,119 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $29 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Oklahoma. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made available for the ReConnect Pilot Program through the CARES Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Douglas Matthew Gurkins, 34, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina to one count of criminal interference with the Fair Housing Act, for using threats of force against an African American family because of the family members’ race and because they were renting a dwelling.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: The owner of a Florida talent management company and four others were charged in complaints unsealed yesterday for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Shepherd Hoehn, 50, has been charged by criminal complaint in federal district court with one count of violating 42 U.S.C. § 3631 for making threats to intimidate and interfere with his African-American neighbor because of the neighbor’s race and because of his use and enjoyment of his property, as well as two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) for unlawfully possessing firearms.
