News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old man has made an appearance in federal court and ordered detained on charges relating to sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 26, 2020 - A Nashville man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for two separate fraud schemes, one involving stolen tax refund checks and the other involving bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced today to 34 months in federal prison for fraudulently submitting more than $62 million in claims to the military’s TRICARE health care benefit program for bogus compounded medications prescriptions largely generated by the payment of large referral fees to marketers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD - The National Park Service announces a temporary park closure, in order to ensure health and safety of visitors during the post event break down and removal of all items related to the First Amendment permitted event.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Allen, South Dakota, woman was charged in federal district court with First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Bosnian National Charged with Robbery and Firearms Offenses in Connection With Attack on New York City Police Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONNIE GORDON, also known as “Pop," 39, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment for a December 2020 oil and gas lease sale. There are seven parcels totaling approximately 4,330 acres of Federal minerals proposed for lease. All parcels are located in or adjacent to existing oilfields in Kern County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 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 Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Jonathan D. Larsen, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 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 a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Aboolian, who had a history of felony convictions, found with drug paraphernalia and a stolen gun.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Boise, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District will host a call-in 4-H trained wild horse adoption on Aug. 30 from 1-2 p.m., accepting bids via phone or text. There are seven wild horse yearlings, born in the Bruneau Off-Range Wild Horse Corrals, that will be available.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 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 a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Yates possessed images of minors under the age of 12.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
Release: CHICAGO - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-Today, Aug. 26, 2020, the man dubbed the “Justice League Dropout," put on his gray baseball cap emblazoned with the Superman emblem and robbed another bank in West Houston. The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is asking the public to submit tips leading to his identity and location. Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John L. Bennett.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to six EDA Economic Development District organizations across North Dakota to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released Retail Workers: 2018, a new report on the nation’s retail workforce. Retail jobs are some of the most common occupations in the United States. This report does not reflect any possible economic impacts related to COVID-19, but instead serves as a pre-crisis benchmark for future research. In 2018, 9.8 million workers were employed as either retail salespersons, cashiers or first-line supervisors of retail sales workers.
