News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Effective immediately, Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) will no longer sell the America the Beautiful (ATB) Interagency Passes. Passes are not required to visit Steamtown NHS as the park is a fee free park. However, passes can be purchased either online at the USGS Store website or at any National Park Service site that does charge an entrance fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Bismarck - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that Richard Thomas Sims, Age 31 of Minneapolis, MN, has been sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession of Firearms by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U. S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Thomas Arthur Rittenhouse, 76, of Boone, N.C. to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Rittenhouse was ordered to a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: International Falls, MN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Voyageurs National Park is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 aimed at disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately, destroying MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Received Nearly $2M for Defunct Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Keith Norris, 32, has been sentenced to 280 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $946,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the North Delta Planning and Development District, Batesville, Mississippi, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs in northwest Mississippi and southwest Tennessee adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - Yesterday’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Donald Scott Fraize, Jr., 32 years-of-age, was located in-custody at the Essex County Jail in Massachusetts. Mr. Fraize was being sought on two outstanding arrest warrants. The first was issued by the Rockingham County Superior Court for failing to appear on narcotics charges and two counts of assault. The second warrant was issued by the Manchester Police Department alleging the offense of robbery.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Deputy Under Secretary. Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Greg Ibach. Under Secretary. Marketing and Regulatory Programs. This is a challenging time for many Americans when access to food is more essential than ever. Thankfully, USDA’s vital partners are helping feed those in need during...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was charged yesterday with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman pleaded guilty to two counts of Wire Fraud and one count of Tax Evasion in federal district court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Hai Nguyen, 37, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced to ten months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner for lying to the FBI during the course of a double homicide investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin July 17, 2020, on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office in Fremont, Hot Springs and Natrona counties; Worland Field Office in Washakie, Hot Springs and Big Horn counties; and Cody Field Office in Park and Big Horn counties.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to more than four-and-a-half years in federal prison for lying to the U.S. Department of Defense about the metal used inside his company’s aircraft parts, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr Announces the Appointment of Prim F. Escalona as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
Release: Houston, TX, July 16, 2020 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue lauded the achievement of its Meals to You partnership, which has now delivered more than 28.5 million meals to the doorsteps of low-income kids in rural communities across America during the COVID-19 health crisis. Perdue announced the milestone during a visit today to McLane Global, one of USDA’s partners in the initiative, which has served kids across 41 states and 2 U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Michael, of Burlington, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
