News from December 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney released the following statement after being reelected Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Melissa Evans, 49, of Palestine, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for bank fraud. She will also pay a total of $145,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, man today admitted to illegally possessing a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, the BLM announced its Notice of Sale for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Federal Register Notice is scheduled to publish on December 7, setting up the lease sale to be conducted on January 6, 2021 via video livestream.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Livingston woman accused of illegally obtaining a firearm for a felon who shot at state probation officers admitted federal charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL. −Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen the Fort Pickens Area at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 5 under COVID-19 Adaptive Recovery Phase II operations and will resume normal winter hours. The Fort Pickens campground and group campsite will reopen by 8:30 a.m. and reservations will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Admits his Involvement in a Murder and a Shootout Where an Unarmed Bystander was Shot; Faces Likely Sentence of 20 to 25 Years in Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced the appointment of Mark Lambrecht as Assistant Director for the National Landscape Conservation System. Mr. Lambrecht, who has more than 25 years of experience in natural resource policy, government and public affairs, and environmental management, begins his position on January 4, 2021 at the BLM’s Robert F. Burford Headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement after he was selected to continue serving as Ranking Member in the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - A Berryville, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to a pair of federal firearm and narcotics charges. He fled police following a traffic stop in January 2020 and was found in possession of a loaded Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and a cache of narcotics secreted in a storage...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bryson McBride, 22, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury indicted Jeremiah Couch with two counts of carjacking with the intent to cause death or serious physical injury, two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one count of possessing a stolen firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Travel on the majority of the Teton Park Road, Moose-Wilson Road, and Signal Mountain Summit Road within Grand Teton National Park is now open to over-snow access only. The designated portions of these roads now accommodate winter recreation, and the use of wheeled vehicles is prohibited for the season.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a press conference Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced the introduction of H.R. 8843, which makes an additional 25 million acres available over the next five years for general signup under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Instead of a cap, the bill establishes a minimum floor of 50 million CRP acres nationwide.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: San Francisco, CA -The National Park Service has cancelled the solicitation for proposals for a concession contract business opportunity offering hostel-style overnight accommodations and other related services. The business opportunity for the operation of the hostel at upper Fort Mason was open for proposals from Nov. 21, 2019 to March 5, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daciann Brown, 30, a Jamaican native residing in Rochester, NY, who was convicted of failing to appear for sentencing, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to serve 46 months in prison and to pay restitution totaling $182,139.62.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An Indian national today admitted to a federal judge in Providence that he participated in a wide-ranging conspiracy based in India to defraud United States citizens, primarily seniors, by telling victims that malware had been detected on their computers and, based on that falsehood, induced the victims to direct money to him and his coconspirators as payment for purported computer protection services that were not needed or ever provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a statewide civil investigation into Louisiana’s prisoner release practices.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Michigan counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in who suffered losses caused by recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
