News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Irish National Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Rhinoceros Horns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Stephen A. Byrne, former Executive Vice President of SCANA, is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court tomorrow, July 23, to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Engaged in a Scheme to Defraud Individuals and Municipalities by Issuing Forged and Fraudulent Special Inspection Reports.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office is seeking public comment on the preliminary environmental assessment (EA) for the Diamond K Gypsum Chalk Hills Quarry Extension, located in central Emery County, Utah. The EA analyzes the potential impacts of approving a new gypsum mining permit for the Chalk Hills Quarry. The public comment period will be open for 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Roberto Nieto Rangel, 41, of Nampa, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Rangel serve 5 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. A federal grand jury indicted Rangel on Feb. 13, 2019. Rangel pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Martane H. Wade, 39, of Las Vegas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to ten years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 500 or more grams of methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Meleski, 58, of Chalfont, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including healthcare fraud, mail fraud, stolen valor, and aiding and abetting straw purchases of firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider,, a minibus of four fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two Shreveport men were indicted today for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 11-count indictment charges former City of Shreveport Public Works employee, Tory Deshawn Jackson, 41, and Jawaski L. Johnson, 30, with...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, July 29, at 10 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced that on July 17, 2020, Larry R. Brazley, MD, 225 E. 90th Drive, Suite WI, Merrillville, Indiana, surrendered “For Cause" his DEA Practitioner Registration. This investigation revealed that Dr. Brazley was engaged in pre-signing large numbers of blank prescriptions that were later filled for controlled substances by individuals engaged in a prescription fraud ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Attorney General William P. Barr joined President Donald J. Trump to announce the expansion of Operation Legend to Chicago and Albuquerque. Operation Legend is a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization PRX today announced two new history-driven podcasts inspired by the courageous suffragists who worked to secure the right to vote for American women.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Amy Bracewell as the new superintendent of the Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill) and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York. She will also oversee management of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in Kinderhook, New York. Bracewell will begin her new assignment on Sept. 13, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that David Wilson Floyd, formerly of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced to serve 216 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney. Floyd pled guilty in March 2020 to armed bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. Upon release, Floyd will be supervised for 3 years.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) used creativity to complete a critical equipment test recently while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Yesterday, Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted the below statement for the record to assert his opposition to NDAA amendment #614. Rep. Omar’s rash amendment, which ultimately failed, would have directed the President to completely...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Mark Coleman, 57, a former Jackson Police Officer, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on July 14, 2020, and charged with one count of enticement of a minor and one count of destroying, concealing and impeding the investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a program to help laboratories accurately measure key chemical compounds in marijuana, hemp and other cannabis products including oils, edibles, tinctures and balms. The program aims to increase accuracy in product labeling and help forensic laboratories distinguish between hemp, which is legal in all states, and marijuana, which is not.
