News from August 2020
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Marina, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office, in consultation with CalFire, has reopened the Ft. Ord National Monument in Monterey County to the public. The temporary emergency closure order has been rescinded immediately due to lifting of adjacent evacuations from decreased wildland fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Princess Terry, 27, has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, Rasheed Demond Johnson, a 38-year-old from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Johnson was also ordered to serve six years of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
Release: ORLANDO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) have stopped nine guns so far this month, including two guns each on three different days.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a letter to the Pebble Limited Partnership requesting additional mitigation measures regarding the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska within 90 days...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
Release: LAS VEGAS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A California man who admitted blackmailing an individual for years by threatening to inform on the person if he wasn't paid money was sentenced today to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The second of two men charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy implicated in a woman’s overdose death has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Aug. 24, 2020, Waheba Issa Dais (48) of Cudahy, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release following her conviction on one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Terrance Rainey, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery by use of a dangerous weapon, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The defendant was also ordered to pay $30,208.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Dakota Kurtis Means, 20, a resident of Portland, has been charged by criminal information with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and intimidating a federal employee near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 24, 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Man Charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Aug. 24, 2020, Waheba Issa Dais (48) of Cudahy, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release following her conviction on one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Defendants in Pensacola Dog Fighting Prosecution Sentenced to Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a Rockingham County, Virginia, man from bringing a.380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets, plus a magazine with another six bullets onto an airplane at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport on Monday, August 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The first-ever dedicated prosecutor from Fort Stewart and a specialized animal cruelty prosecutor represent historic appointments bolstering the ranks of the Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: In June, the Fernald Natural Resource Trustees issued the, which summarizes progress in protecting lands within the Paddys Run watershed through conservation easements as part of the Paddys Run Conservation Project (PRCP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - On Aug. 25, 2020, Scott Donald Griffen, age 57, of Ames, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt to four months in prison for the willful failure to account for and pay over employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Griffen was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $150,297.52, with interest.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the selection of recipients for about $4.1 million in grants and cooperative agreements through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. These are the first-ever recipients of these grants and cooperative agreements.
