News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 9, 2020, Kelvin Aggrey-Arthur, age 27, formerly of Newark, New Jersey, and Ibrahim Adam, age 32, formerly of New York City, were indicted by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and conspiring to commit wire fraud.
By State Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Eliot Engel, along with Representatives Karen Bass and Chris Smith, released the following statement on the lack of security and access for humanitarian partners in Tigray, after alarming reports that a UN convoy came under fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jessica Hernandez-Boria, age 40, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 9, 2020, to 102 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for her involvement in a conspiracy that distributed approximately three kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man federal agents watched allegedly take possession of a package sent via the United States Postal Service (USPS) that contained nearly 1,400 grams of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico, and, a short time later, who was found to allegedly have a firearm, ammunition, and drug trafficking paraphernalia in his residence, has been ordered detained in federal custody.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate health committee, released the following statement regarding a bipartisan deal she brokered with her colleagues in the House and Senate on legislation to end surprise medical bills. Senator Murray has been working to end surprise billing, and raised the issue at one of the first in a series of HELP Committee hearings on lowering health care costs back in 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers and health insurance companies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: A National Park Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team was deployed in November to assess post fire impacts associated with the East Troublesome Fire within Rocky Mountain National Park. The team evaluated threats from flooding and debris flows as well as impacts to vegetation and wildlife, historic properties and recreation infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.5 million grant to the Greenville Utilities Commission, Greenville, North Carolina, to make wastewater system infrastructure improvements needed to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Carissa Eugenia Brown, 33, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer and pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $1.9 million debt collection scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Kula, Maui - Haleakalā National Park will have six entrance fee-free days in 2021. The six entrance fee-free days for 2021 will be.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Charlo man convicted at trial of sexually abusing minor girls in Lodge Grass on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: A woman who failed to surrender to serve a federal prison sentence was sentenced today to more than one year of additional prison time.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that requires the federal government to determine if office space it leases is owned by foreign entities is headed to the White House to be signed into law.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
Release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun using a state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanner in the security checkpoint at Huntsville International Airport (HSV).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On Wednesday, December 9th, federal agents arrested three individuals for using stolen personal identifying information to open fraudulent online bank accounts and loans, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: On Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, Wright Brothers National Memorial, in partnership with First Flight Society, Outer Banks Forever, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and National Aviation Heritage Area, will honor the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright at an online, joint celebration of the first heavier-than-air, controlled, powered flight.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: Former Lieutenant and Sergeant allegedly ordered records shredded and told Troopers to cover up fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: RICHFIELD, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on Sevier County’s Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP) proposal to expand its current landfill. A draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review and comment concurrent with public review of the Notice of Realty Action (NORA) published in the Federal Register today. The 45-day public comment period for both the EA and the NORA ends on Jan. 25, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced the unsealing of a complaint charging Inshan Baksh, age 32 from Queens, New York, and Sang Bae Chung age 36 from Lawrenceville, Georgia, with wire fraud, mail fraud, and aiding and abetting wire and mail fraud for their role in illegally receiving and laundering...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2020
News Release: BAKER, NEVADA - Great Basin National Park will be implementing changes to fee costs starting Jan. 1, 2021. These changes will be for cave tour fees, camping fees, and dump station fees. The changes have completed required comparability studies and civic engagement for expanded amenity fee changes. The Acting Regional Director has approved the changes.
