News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - After a three-day jury trial in October 2019, a federal jury convicted Gene Allen Howell, 39, of Selmer, Tennessee of two counts of aggravated bank robbery, two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On July 20, 2020, Howell was sentenced to 466 months in federal prison. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boylston man was sentenced today to prison for filing false and fraudulent corporate and individual tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, July 28, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the urgent need to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The hearing is entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
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: ATLANTA - Carla B. Gaines, an attorney formerly licensed in Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing client money and lying about the theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Carlos Eduardo Lopez-Romero, age 25, a Mexican national in the United States illegally, was sentenced to serve 180 months (15 years) in federal prison, followed by 5 years on supervised release, for methamphetamine and heroin trafficking, possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jeffrey R. Cummings, Jr., age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge for enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity during a period of time when Cummings was required to register as a sex offender. Cummings has been detained since his arrest on July 19, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today finalized the conveyance of an 80-acre parcel to the City of Hyde Park in Cache County, Utah. The BLM’s issuance of the patent to the city is the final step in fulfilling John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, which President Donald J. Trump signed into law on March 12, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - DOE cleanup agreements with the state of Idaho require EM to ship nuclear waste for disposal, whether it’s newly generated or been stored at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site for decades.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Carla B. Gaines, an attorney formerly licensed in Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing client money and lying about the theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Chancelor Johnson, III of Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for unlawfully possessing ammunition.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, released this statement following today’s hearing to review USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters (NTG) was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of 23-year-old Delante Eley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who allegedly possessed numerous sexually explicit videos of children has been indicted on a federal child pornography charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the July 2020 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Cordant Health Solution pays nearly $12 million to settle allegations it paid kickbacks for urine testing referrals.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, July 20, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from North Dakota to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households This approval will allow North Dakota to expedite the implementation of...
