News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - It looked like any roller bag that was left behind at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint. Someone was probably in a rush, was preoccupied and left the piece of luggage at the checkpoint and headed for their gate. But this was no ordinary roller bag. It belonged to the mother of the bride-to-be. Inside were two dresses neatly packed-the dress belonging to the mother and her daughter’s wedding dress.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Forney, age 41, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on Aug. 21, 2020, to four counts of tax evasion. Kim Forney, age 47, of Windsor, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on Aug. 17, 2020, to four counts of aiding in the preparation and filing of false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD LAWLOR, 40, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for his role in a southern Connecticut drug trafficking organization.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn calling on him to ensure that sound science and the protection of public health alone drive FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval process.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn calling on him to ensure that sound science and the protection of public health alone drive FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval process.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 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 State Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after two explosions on Jolo Island, Philippines resulted in multiple Philippine military and civilian casualties:
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the owner of residential rental housing in Florence, Oregon, made discriminatory statements, preventing a foster parent from applying to rent a home, in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn calling on him to ensure that sound science and the protection of public health alone drive FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval process.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: Mineral, CA - A partner of Lassen Volcanic National Park, Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, is the recipient of the National Park Service (NPS) Director’s Wes Henry Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Award, in the External Partner category for 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered a firearm and 70 rounds ammunition in a man’s carry-on bag at a John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint Monday.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: In celebration of Hydropower Day on Aug. 24, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of the Army through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance collaboration and leverage resources to ensure the continued strength of the federal hydropower fleet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to seven years for an attempted robbery in which he and a juvenile armed with a gun tried to rob a liquor store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Christina Short, 43, of Speedway, Indiana, to 27 months in federal prison for perpetrating a six-year scheme to steal over $450,000 from the charitable foundation where she worked.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been arrested on a federal criminal charge for allegedly robbing a United Parcel Service delivery truck in Oak Park last week.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be connecting kids to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a variety of free open-air programs through Labor Day weekend.
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 DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2020
Release: Approximately $30 Million in New Grants Will Support Scientific Advancement
