News from August 2020
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD - The National Park Service, in cooperation with local, state and federal law enforcement, public safety and transportation agencies, will implement a park closure as a security measure for a first amendment event.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Harrison, Ark. - The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics recently announced the designation of Buffalo National River as a Leave No Trace Gold Standard Site, joining an elite group of 12 parks nationwide to earn this honor. Buffalo National River is the sixth National Park Service site to receive this designation and the first in Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of JEFFREY COLIN PURDY, 28, to cyberstalking. PURDY entered his guilty plea this afternoon before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Texas A&M University professor working on U.S. space projects allegedly hid affiliations with Chinese state-owned academic and commercial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Additional sentencing in separate Macon-area Project Guardian case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: NASA Researcher Arrested for False Statements and Wire Fraud in Relation to China’s Talents Program.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BOZEMAN - As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific capture...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - It’s time for the 2020 Hidden History Photo Contest, where the rich cultural heritage of southern West Virginia is revealed through photography. Capture stories of the past with a creative eye and a camera, sharing the diverse history preserved in this region’s national and state parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Patrick Vaughn, 35, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered the following statement debunking the Democrats’ fabricated myths about the U.S. Postal Service at today’s hearing with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -At a hearing today before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy admitted that massive delays in mail, medications, and other critical supplies caused by his sweeping changes are far worse than he anticipated or previously disclosed to Congress and the American people, finally conceding: “We are very concerned with the deterioration in service."
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - It’s time for the 2020 Hidden History Photo Contest, where the rich cultural heritage of southern West Virginia is revealed through photography. Capture stories of the past with a creative eye and a camera, sharing the diverse history preserved in this region’s national and state parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Bourbonnais, Ill., couple, Raymond and Angie Adamee, owners of a Kankakee liquor store, were each sentenced today to 12 months in prison, followed by 12 months of home confinement for under-reporting income in filed tax returns. Both were ordered to pay restitution to the IRS and the Illinois Department of Revenue in the amount of $642,736.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: [Ochopee, FL] - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Big Cypress National Preserve is increasing access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: George M. Crouch, Jr. Named Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Indian National appearing today before a U.S. District Court Judge in Providence, RI, admitted to participating in a “Tech Support" telemarketing scam based in India, in which call center operators falsely represented themselves to be associated with Microsoft Corporation, falsely represented to victims that malware or viruses had been detected on their computers, and offered supposed services to remove the malware.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Aug. 17, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Marquis Moss, 31, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Moss to 115 months (9 years, 7 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Nigerian National residing in Indianapolis, Ismaila Fafunmi, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to money laundering charges related to a romance fraud and grant fraud scheme.
