News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man made his initial appearance in federal court today on gun charges stemming from his alleged role in the death of a Newport News police officer in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 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 Nortex Regional Planning Commission, Wichita Falls, Texas, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: On Monday, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement in response to the Small Business Association’s release of new borrower data about the Paycheck Protection Program...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: BOSTON - A Hancock, Maine woman who was escorting her daughter to her gate was stopped by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer on Thursday, July 2, with a firearm in her handbag at Boston Logan International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Justina Elena Olivero, a/k/a Justina Guzman, age 33, of Laurel, Maryland for bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unlawful possession of stolen mail. The criminal complaint was filed on July 1, 2020 and was unsealed at her initial appearance today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Please be fire safe this summer. Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is asking your help to prevent wildfires by being extra careful with campfires, BBQs, stoves and other ignition sources. Fire restrictions are in place to protect the health and safety of visitors, park infrastructure, employees and local communities. Outside of developed campgrounds and day use areas, igniting, building, or maintaining a fire is prohibited within the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) introduced the Emergency Support for Nursing Homes and Elder Justice Reform Act of 2020, which will improve existing programs to protect older Americans while also providing help to nursing homes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has posed serious problems for these facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Ramonaguilar Lawrence, 25, of Chico, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and distribution of methamphetamine to a person under 21, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican and China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul joined a group of bipartisan and bicameral Members of Congress to send a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the Administration to take serious action against the Chinese...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: It images single atoms. It maps atomic-scale hills and valleys on metal and insulating surfaces. And it records the flow of current across atom-thin materials subject to giant magnetic fields. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel instrument that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with Shelby County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team, had a productive morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Concord, NH - This morning, last week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Nichole Rae Brackett, 31 years-of-age, was located and arrested after being found hiding in a closet of an apartment in the 100 block of Court Street in Laconia, NH. Ms. Brackett was being sought on multiple outstanding Belknap County arrest warrants including failing to appear on three narcotics charges as well another charge of being a felon in possession of a weapon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District has reopened BLM-managed public lands in the Lake Mountains following 100% containment of the Knolls fire. Fire crews will patrol and monitor the area over the next couple of days and the public is advised to use caution when visiting the area due to the recent burn.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial (Memorial) will be closed on Monday, July 13th to complete a pavement preservation project. If weather precludes work on the 13th, the park will be closed on July 14th.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court entered a civil Consent Judgment against defendants William J. Cruz and Medscan, P.S.C. whereby the defendants agreed to pay one million dollars to the United States resulting from an investigation conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General and the FBI, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Ramonaguilar Lawrence, 25, of Chico, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and distribution of methamphetamine to a person under 21, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man made his initial appearance in federal court today on gun charges stemming from his alleged role in the death of a Newport News police officer in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Mandrell Ray Roberts a/k/a TUFFY, age 68, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release with mandatory sex offender registration and treatment...
