News from August 2020
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week cosponsored legislation introduced by Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, to reaffirm the Army Corps of Engineers’ (Army Corps) Nationwide Permitting (NWP) program, including Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP-12). NWPs provide for expedited review of projects with minimal environmental impact but are threatened by a recent court ruling that could have significant economic consequences if left unaddressed.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the co-chairs of the Committee on Ways and Means’ Rural and Urban Underserved Taskforce - Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Congressman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) - invited several thought leaders to participate in a Member-driven virtual roundtable to discuss telehealth.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAMIAN LABEAUD (“LABEAUD"), age 48, of New Orleans, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: In Austin this week, an active duty soldier and a former federal government employee at Camp Mabry admitted to stealing and unlawfully selling more than $1 million worth of items from the military installation in Austin, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has entered into an agreement (“Remedial Order") with New York City and the New York City Department of Correction (“DOC") to address ongoing non-compliance with core provisions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man has pled guilty to a federal firearm offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Frankie D. McNeal, 25, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The Justice Department announced 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 Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Every day we can see that this public health crisis is also an economic crisis. During the shutdowns, some employers shuttered completely and others were forced to lay off workers. Tens of millions of jobs were saved thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program and other CARES Act provisions, but millions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced that Jesus Lopez, 42 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Operation LeGend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime, will be expanding into the City of Memphis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Members of the National Response Team of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrived on scene in downtown St. Paul today to begin working with local and state partners to investigate a recent fire at a hotel construction site.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: In April 2020, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Historian Eric Boyle transferred to the DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) from the Office of the Executive Secretariat, so that he could capitalize on LM’s history and archives resources. We caught up with Boyle to learn more about his role across the DOE complex and the skills and experience he brings to LM.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, Senior U.S. District Court Judge David A. Ezra granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) filed by federal authorities against Living Health Holistic Healing Center d/b/a Living Health New Braunfels (Living Health) and it’s owner, Leslie Tatum, to combat alleged fraudulent advertising...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute fentanyl and distributing a quantity of fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 12, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Decision and Order Without Hearing by Reason of Default against Willis Bryant Gregory (Gregory) of Albany, Miss., for violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Michael Anthony Roundtree Jr., 37, and Daren Bernard Razz III, 40 both of Riviera Beach, Florida, have been arrested and charged with robbery affecting interstate or foreign commerce. It is alleged that, from August 2019 through August 2020, they committed or attempted twelve armed robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Timothy Griffin, 44 of Byram, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 262 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Griffin was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 6, 2020] - The search for Barry J. Tragen, a 68-year-old Columbia Falls resident, continues this week in Glacier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: MIAMI -- Elizabeth Peters Young, 55, of Ball Ground Georgia, was sentenced to 57 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with her role in a lengthy conspiracy to pay and receive illegal kickbacks in exchange for the referral of expensive pain cream prescriptions...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Katmai National Park and Preserve (Katmai NP&P) is increasing access and services to the Brooks Camp Developed Area (BCDA). The National Park Service...
