News from August 2020
By EPA Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following an announcemen t from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowing lab developed COVID-19 tests to come to market without Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Harry Cole (aka Akintomide Ayoola Bolu, aka John King, aka Big Bro, aka Egbon), a 50-year-old Nigerian citizen and a resident of Canada, was extradited today from Canada to face federal charges for his alleged role in a fraudulent “sweepstakes" scheme with an intended loss in excess of $300 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 59-year-old Bryan resident has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration announced today $12,800,000 in Save America’s Treasures grants to fund 42 preservation and conservation projects in 26 states. The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Norfolk FBI Continues Community Outreach Efforts During Pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following an announcemen t from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowing lab developed COVID-19 tests to come to market without Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Grand Teton National Park staff have been extremely busy with several search and rescue operations on the Snake River in recent weeks. All boaters are encouraged to know their skill level and wear a personal floatation device (PFD) while recreating on the river.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: FBI Offers Reward for Information About Missing Person Leila Cavett.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to four months in jail and one year of supervised release on his conviction of providing a false statement to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Two Indicted for Wire and Mail Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former client relationship manager at Bank of America was arrested and charged today in connection with embezzling $1.5 million from a client company and using a portion of those funds to purchase luxury items.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Joseph Sullivan Allegedly Tried to Cover Up 2016 Hack That Compromised Data Of Millions Of Users and Drivers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C.-This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), along with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-16), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: (Press release originally distributed by the Department of the Interior Press Office ).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lisa Holmes, 34 of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum sentenced of 30 years in prison and a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with possession of 30 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that John Francis Donohue, 40, of Lexington, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and to distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: “After extensive deliberations, including consideration of the views of the many victims in this case, the Justice Department has decided to ask the Supreme Court to review the First Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to reverse the death penalty, in an effort to preserve the jury’s verdict sentencing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. Our hope is that this will result in reinstatement of the original sentence and avoid a retrial of the death penalty phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to four months in jail and one year of supervised release on his conviction of providing a false statement to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
