News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that 33 individuals, including inmates at eight state and county jails and prisons in western Pennsylvania and their accomplices, have been charged in federal and state criminal complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Charlotte E. Kaiser (619) 546-7282.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Defendant maintained a stash apartment within 1,000 feet of an elementary school; officers seized kilogram quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, four loaded firearms, a 2013 Lexus GS 350, and nearly $14,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER OLIVEIRA, 32, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for child exploitation offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Effective immediately, the national preserve will be closed to public use until further notice as a safety measure in anticipation of Hurricane Laura. This closure includes all preserve facilities as well as lands and waterways within the preserve. As announced yesterday, Big Thicket National Preserve has temporarily suspended the issuance of all permits including, back-country camping, trapping, and special use permits until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released a report on their investigation into the abuse of syndicated conservation-easement transactions, which may have allowed a number of taxpayers to profit from gaming the tax code and deprived the federal government of billions of dollars in revenue.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Superintendent Chip Jenkins announced today that the park will accept Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) applications starting Sept. 1, 2020. The CUA application is now available for download on the park’s website. The link is provided below. Please read through the application instructions, including all attachments before applying.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Christopher D. Watson, 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for failing to register as a convicted sex offender, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. Watson was sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technology Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a Federal Hydropower generation memorandum of understanding at Hoover Dam today. The MOU provides for a collaborative working relationship that prioritizes similar goals and aligns ongoing and future renewable energy development efforts among the three agencies. See the MOU.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Akron, Ohio man who participated in a conspiracy which saw large quantities of methamphetamine transported from Akron and distributed in the Southern District of West Virginia pled guilty today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Lennie T. Whisenant, Jr., 25, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: The defendant was convicted at trial of buying and selling minors’ identities to be falsely claimed as dependents.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and debunked the Democrats’ baseless conspiracy theory about the Postal Service. Below are key takeaways and exchanges from the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Massachusetts-based DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (DUSA), a subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. (Sun Pharma), has agreed to pay the United States $20.75 million to resolve allegations that DUSA caused physicians to submit false claims to Medicare and the Federal Employee Health...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On Aug. 20, 2020, United States District Judge Carl Barbier sentenced JAMES CALLERO, age 33, a resident of Kenner, to (60) sixty months in the Bureau of Prisons for conspiring to distribute heroin and conspiring to possession firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, Lansing, Michigan, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Leon Williams (30, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in prison and Reginald Jones, Jr. (25, Tampa) to 15 years and 8 months in prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana, and for discharging a firearm during and in relation to that conspiracy. A federal jury had found Williams and Jones guilty on Nov. 15, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: New Schools, Health Clinics and Public Safety Equipment Will Benefit 363,000 People WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $46 million to improve critical community facilities to benefit 363,000 rural residents in 16 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint has been unsealed today, charging Zhengdong Cheng, 53, of College Station, Texas, for conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud. Texas A&M University (TAMU) Professor Zhengdong Cheng is expected to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Sheldon today ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Massachusetts-based DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DUSA), a subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. (Sun Pharma), has agreed to pay the United States $20.75 million to resolve allegations that DUSA caused physicians to submit false claims to Medicare and the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program ...
