News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Justin Richard Testani (30, Orange City) to 60 years in federal prison for child sexual exploitation. Testani had pleaded guilty on February 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Reward Offered in Officer Assault Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - George Allan Lambert, 48, of Cherokee, N.C., and an Enrolled Member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was sentenced to today to 45 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stabbing a victim with a knife, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $33 million in funding for 10 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Rapid Encapsulation of Pipelines Avoiding Intensive Replacement (REPAIR) program. REPAIR teams will develop natural gas transmission pipeline retrofitting technology to rehabilitate existing cast iron and bare steel pipes by creating new, robust pipes inside of old ones.
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 USDA Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - To assist Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) borrowers experiencing financial hardship from the pandemic and other challenges in production agriculture, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is offering a one-time annual installment payment deferral option. No fees or prepayment penalties apply for borrowers who choose this FSFL loan flexibility option.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Charges were unsealed today against a former official at Citgo Petroleum Corporation, a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two New Jersey men have been charged with attempting to set fire to a marked police vehicle following the May 2020 protests in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Casa Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, in Richmond, Kentucky (“Casa Fiesta"), entered into a settlement agreement with the federal government to resolve a recent complaint alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"), relating to the use of service animals.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS ), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Shepard T. Hoehn, 50, of Lawrence, Ind., 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Nine Charged with $24 Million COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Brings Total Number Of Defendants Arrested In Rochester And Buffalo Protests To 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: FBI, Providence Police Department, and Rhode Island State Police Seek Information About Two Men Who May Have Knowledge Relating to the Arson of a Providence Police Cruiser.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Jeremy Hobson has been selected as the new fire GIS specialist for the National Park Service (NPS) Information Management and Technology Branch under the Division of Fire and Aviation Management (DFAM). You may also wonder if he daylights as a co-host of NPR’s Here & Now. Alas, he does not.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A pharmaceutical representative today admitted his role in a conspiracy to defraud New Jersey state health benefits programs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: With Firearm Offenses. FORT WAYNE - Nathan Kaiser, age 48 and Leary Kaiser, age 20, both of Butler, Indiana were charged in separate indictments with multiple firearm related offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. According to documents in this case, Nathan Kaiser, the owner of Darkside Armory, a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging five Bridgeport men with multiple offenses stemming from their alleged involvement in an afternoon shooting in front of a state courthouse in Bridgeport in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Biofuel Fraudster Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Scamming Multiple Federal Agencies and Customers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Abby Childs and Katie Hansen are two new GIS specialists for the National Park Service (NPS) Information Management and Technology Branch under the Division of Fire and Aviation Management (DFAM) in Boise, Idaho.
