News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A local man has been taken into custody on allegations he fraudulently obtained more than $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nevada - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mount Lewis Office has begun the scoping process for the proposed Gibellini Vanadium Mine Project located approximately 27 miles southeast of Eureka, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who operated a durable medical equipment company has admitted participating in a Medicare kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $107,937 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, Salisbury, Maryland, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Darell Levon Curry, a/k/a “Rell," 31, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced via videoconference to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jesus “Chewy" Rodriguez, age 28, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on March 9, 2020, to Receipt of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man twice convicted for robbing banks in Rhode Island, among other crimes he has been convicted of committing as an adult over the past 33 years, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Possessed five guns after previous felony convictions for kidnapping and aggravated assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 8, 2020, Brandon Michael Barringer, age 36, of Audubon, was sentenced to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner for being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Barringer pleaded guilty to the offense on March 6, 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the inadequate Republican proposal to address the current child care crisis. The Back to Work Child Care Grants Act-which...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Editor’s Note: Research and testing efforts of the secret Manhattan Project were realized with the detonation of the world’s first nuclear device at the Trinity Test site on July 16, 1945. Today, 75 years later, EM continues cleanup from the environmental impacts of national security efforts at the Manhattan Project sites and elsewhere. In this issue, EM Update highlights the cleanup, long-term management, and historical recognition of the Manhattan Project sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Updates include new resources to help engage audiences virtually and encourage self-response.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Subcommittee Member Ayanna Pressley sent letters to four companies identified as potentially involved in helping the Department of Justice (DOJ) carry out executions of federal prisoners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: In Waco today, a federal grand jury indicted 22-year-old Cecily Aguilar in connection with the disappearance of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command (USACID) Special Agent in Charge Vanessa Neff at Fort Hood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Juan Salas, age 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady following his plea of guilty to distributing fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The bill funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other related agencies.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 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 Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - The United States and Japan announced the expansion of their organic equivalence arrangement to include livestock products. The arrangement goes into effect July 16, 2020 and reduces costs and streamlines the process for anyone involved in the organic livestock supply chain by requiring only one organic certification.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Torri McCray, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute and distributing fentanyl and 10 grams of more of buytryl fentanyl was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
