News from July 2020
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Today, in his remarks at General Motors in Detroit, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies. Six of these innovative projects will be led by teams in Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alexander Seegar, 30, of Darien Center, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hot Springs, South Dakota, man convicted of a violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act was sentenced on July 10, 2020, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta L. Wollmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Miami - Today, a federal judge in Miami sentenced 43-year-old Philip Righter, of California, to five years in prison for running a scheme in which he tried to dupe prominent art businesses, including one South Florida gallery, into spending millions of dollars on forgeries of works by renowned contemporary artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Two men were sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison and 3 years probation with 9 months served in a halfway house, respectively, for orchestrating a multi-year scheme to funnel more than $200,000 in secret, unlawful corporate contributions into a campaign for United States Senate and for causing the concealment of those contributions from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Bureau of Reclamation will implement a one-week closure of a section of Seminoe Road during the last week of July. The closure will affect the road between the Miracle Mile bridge over the North Platte River below Kortes Dam, and the North Red Hills entrance to Seminoe State Park, according to Carlie Ronca, Wyoming Area Manager.
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: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The former owner of 9Round Gym in Peninsula Town Center was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization on the Virginia Peninsula.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Larry Junior Hillbroom, 36, Morgan Kenney, 34, and Sean Robert Wathen, 48, all of Hope, Idaho, were arrested on July 15, 2020, on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charges stem from a June 16, 2020 indictment filed in U.S. District Court by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Michael L. Jones, 38, Kokomo, IN was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge James R. Sweeney II.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the European Court of Justice decision on the Schrems II case to strike down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following joint statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is increasing facilities access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide 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 EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A resident of the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles was ordered held without bond this afternoon after being arrested on federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, some of which he used on gambling excursions to Las Vegas and transferred to his stock trading accounts.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice for operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Operations Acquisition in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: Shenandoah National Park- Today, Second Lady Karen Pence, joined by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, visited Shenandoah National Park to talk about the many mental health benefits the outdoors offer and the important work of National Park Service employees as America reopens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Samuel Delacruz, 38, of Fresno, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Kathleen McCalib, age 52, of Boulder, was sentenced to serve 8 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release for theft of government funds. McCalib was also ordered to pay $429,000 in restitution to her victims.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2020
Release: DETROIT, MI – Today, in his remarks at General Motors in Detroit, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies. Six of these innovative projects will be led by teams in Michigan.
