News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing firearms, the first arrest under Operation LeGend, a federal partnership with local law enforcement agencies to address violent crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - An Environmental Assessment for the December 2020 Oil and Gas Lease Sale of 14 parcels within the Battle Mountain District will be released initiating a public comment period running July 20 through August 20. The lease sale will occur December 8th online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - iNovex Information Systems, Incorporated (“iNovex"), located in Annapolis, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $962,747.42 to resolve federal False Claims Act allegations that iNovex knowingly billed the National Security Agency (“NSA"), a component of the Department of Defense, for work performed by certain iNovex employees who did not meet all of the specialized qualifications required under their contract with NSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The three United States Attorneys in Alabama join together to warn citizens that cards and other documents bearing the Department of Justice seal and claiming that individuals are exempt from face mask requirements are fraudulent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, in partnership with the FBI and the AARP in North Carolina, hosted a virtual informational seminar via Facebook Live today, to discuss the rise of online romance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The FBI has identified Roy Den Hollander as the primary subject in the attack that occurred at the home of the Honorable Esther Salas on July 19, 2020. Den Hollander is now deceased. The investigation remains ongoing. Individuals who believe they have information relevant to the investigation should contact FBI-Newark at 973-792-3000, press option 2.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's (UMUT's) solar farm has been producing homegrown energy for more than three months. Soon 120 tribal energy trailblazers will begin reaping the benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man has pled guilty to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua David Ramey, 29, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Kara C. McDonald serves as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor where she oversees the Bureau’s work on Europe, South and Central Asia, and the Multilateral and Global Affairs teams in DRL/MLGA. In January 2021, she was designated to serve concurrently as the Senior Official to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism for the Office of the Special Envoy (SEAS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on July 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Mohawk, New York, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: West Valley City, Utah - Current and forecasted weather coupled with extremely dry vegetation throughout northern Utah have created hazardous fire conditions. As a result, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office implemented fire restrictions on July 20, 2020, at 12:01 a.m. on BLM-managed lands in Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele, Box Elder, Cache, Rich, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Summit, and Wasatch counties.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve (Katmai NP&P) announced today that Brooks Lodge plans to expand guest services to include overnight accommodations starting Aug. 10, 2020. The park’s concessionaire, Katmailand, has worked closely with the NPS to position itself for this possibility...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: A man who sexually exploited two children and possessed child pornography was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging CHARLES THOMAS ORTLEY, 30, with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. ORTLEY made his initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Song Chen has been charged in a criminal complaint with visa fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about her status as an active member of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces while in the United States conducting research at Stanford University, announced United States...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- As of March 1, approximately 95,000 federally protected wild horses and burros were estimated to roam on BLM-managed public lands in the West - more than three and a half times what the land can sustainably support and the most ever estimated by the BLM in a given year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dao Thao, 40, Saint Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced on July 17 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to five years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Thao pleaded guilty to this charge on March 2, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Blair County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of interstate transmission of an extortion communication, production and attempted production and receipt and attempted receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, and transfer of obscene material to a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
