News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man arrested on federal drug trafficking charges by members of the FBI Safe Street Task Force while he was on state probation, having been previously convicted in Rhode Island state court and incarcerated on unrelated drug trafficking charges, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of trafficking crystal methamphetamine (meth) and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Edwin Joseph Hogg Jr., 55, has been sentenced to 14 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 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) blasted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its 3-1 party line vote gutting Section 210 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA):
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the filing of an Information charging DAVID HU, a managing partner...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal jury found Melvin James Harris, 46, of Peshawbestown, Michigan, and Vanessa Louis Hunter, 45, of Rockford, Illinois, guilty of conspiring to tamper with a witness in a federal trial. A third member of the conspiracy, Corey John Raphael, pled guilty to conspiracy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - BRIAN MODESTER. On July 6, Brian Modester, 36, was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Dallas Police conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Modester was riding as a passenger. Police searched the vehicle and discovered...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Finding of No Significant Impact and Decision Record on an environmental assessment (EA)that analyzes potential impacts from leasing 320-acres of federal coal to the Coyote Creek Mining Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Abdolnasser Mahmoudikanesbi, formerly of Gatineau, Quebec, was sentenced today to serve 42 months’ imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker. Mahmoudikanesbi pled guilty in February 2020 to possession with intent to distribute opium. Upon release, Mahmoudikanesbi will be supervised for 3 years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public review of a Determination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Adequacy (DNA) for six parcels of public land nominated for lease in the Oct. 20, 2020 Competitive Online Geothermal Lease Sale. These parcels have the potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Anthony Gilbert Thompson, 31, of Roswell, New Mexico, appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on July 13 for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with failure to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the administration’s recent announcement that sanctions may be imposed on companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 and Turkstream pipelines:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man who admitted to conspiring to launder more than $1 million in drug proceeds was sentenced Thursday to 216 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Friday, July 10, 2020, Vincent Taggart Reid III, age 29, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 110 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to Arson/Attempted Arson, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Reid was ordered...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Local Girl Scouts Celebrate Latino Conservation Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Engaged in Ongoing Gang War with the Breadgang Set of the Bloods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nathaniel Myers, a/k/a Stretch, 26, and Robert Fletcher, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement the Department of Homeland Security’s involvement in the Trump Administration’s actions in Portland Oregon, including arresting citizens in unmarked vehicles...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore, in coordination with Nueces County, the cities of Corpus Christi and Port Aransas and to support the nation’s effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, will temporarily close vehicular access to North Beach and South Beach. The closure will remain in effect until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) hub, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), recently announced its intent to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for innovations in intensified brine management solutions for high salinity streams. The RFP supports the Water Security Grand Challenge...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed a bill to provide a much-needed fix to help non-profits offset the costs of unemployment benefits for their workers.
