News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: The owner of a residential construction contracting firm based in Washington, D.C., was charged with allegedly submitting fraudulent documents to a bank in connection with applications seeking more than $400,000 in a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division reminded taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warned against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Pikeville man, Ernest Ray, 56, was sentenced Monday, to 156 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after previously pleading guilty to five counts of recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, and maintaining minors to engage in commercial sexual acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging ZACHARY VICTOR ROBINSON, 27, with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. ROBINSON was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, on July 10, 2020, on a Minnesota state complaint-warrant for second-degree intentional murder. ROBINSON will make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Morales-Alvarez started selling methamphetamine shortly after he illegally reentered the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Police found guns and drugs during traffic stop.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Release: CHICAGO - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered a loaded firearm at a Midway International Airport (MDW) checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Over $1.2 Million in State and Federal Taxes Owed on Illegally-Made Liquor.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., today regarding the agency’s work to determine the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic and serological tests.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 am via Cisco WebEx video conferencing.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., today regarding the agency’s work to determine the accuracy of COVID-19 diagnostic and serological tests.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: SANTA FE, New Mexico - As part of the Trump Administration’s commitments to being a good neighbor and responsibly developing our natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a public scoping period for input on 33 parcels (6,442.36 acres) of Federal minerals proposed for the January...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man has been charged with murder in the first degree in Indian Country after he allegedly shot and killed a woman in Philpott Park on July 10, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking public comment on a petition from a vaccine manufacturer seeking approval to produce foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine consisting of a modified non-infectious and non-transmissible strain of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Nico Nixon was sentenced to 7 years (84 months) in prison for committing fentanyl and heroin trafficking and firearm crimes while on supervised release following a prior conviction for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, July 9, 2020, Robert Brandon Malone, 35, a resident of Prattville, Alabama, was sentenced to 71 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal wire fraud charges and to transporting a stolen vehicle, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE - A man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was released from local custody June 23 in Montgomery County, Maryland, instead of being transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. On Wednesday, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested Rene Atilio Ramos-Hernandez, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, July 15, at 11 am via Cisco WebEx video conferencing.
