News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: FDA is warning consumers and health care providers that the agency has seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol) but that have tested positive for methanol contamination. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested and can be life-threatening when ingested.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm that was found in his vehicle along with his infant son.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Isaias. As of this evening, regional forecasts show that the storm is likely to impact the Outer Banks starting Monday, August 3.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An author of malicious computer software and a member of the Infraud Organization pleaded guilty today to RICO conspiracy as a result of an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) and the Henderson Nevada Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that denied Scott Farah’s request for compassionate release, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Gabriel Agard-Berryhill, 18, has been charged by criminal complaint with using fire to maliciously damage the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtown Portland on July 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Goldsboro man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine and distributing five (5) grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eleven residents in the Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri, areas have been added to a federal indictment that now charges a total of 25 defendants for their roles in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 520 kilograms of methamphetamine over three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- A Palm Beach County, Florida doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation in a massive years-long health care fraud scheme throughout Palm Beach County, billing for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Kaenon A. Constantin, 28, was sentenced on July 30, 2020, to five years of probation for killing and transporting a federally protected and endangered whooping crane. During his period of probation, Constantin must complete 360 hours...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado - In support of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) mission to sustainably manage wild horses and burros, the agency posted a Request for Information (RFI) today seeking potential sources in the Eastern United States with the interest and ability to provide corral space for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Dustin Red Legs age 41, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was found guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Sexual Exploitation of Child, and Possession of Child Pornography as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Danny Muex, 32, of Tipton County has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $97 million in funding for 33 projects that will support high-impact technology research and development to accelerate the bioeconomy. These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
Release: Question and Answer Document Provides GuidanceUSDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is collecting as many seed packages as possible to determine whether they present a threat to U.S. agriculture or the environment. APHIS asks anyone who receives an unsolicited package of seeds to ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: DUTCH JOHN, Utah - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local public health authorities, the Bureau of Reclamation will increase access at Flaming Gorge Visitor Center beginning Monday, August 3. Reclamation is working across the 17 western...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Statement from FBI San Francisco Assistant Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani on Arrests in Twitter Cyber Attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Michael Scott Leslie engaged in identity theft to obtain funds for fraudulent mortgages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Eagle Pass, TX - Santos Vargas, age 33, was arrested late last night on kidnapping charges from Rochester, Minnesota. Members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force found the four children safe that Vargas had transported to Texas. Vargas, a convicted felon, was wanted on multiple state warrants from Minnesota, and has extensive criminal history.
