News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it will host its 3rd annual National Cybersecurity Summit.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised the Rules of Agency Practice and Procedure Concerning Occupational Safety and Health Administration Access to Employee Medical Records. The rule describes internal procedures that OSHA personnel must follow when obtaining and using personally-identifiable employee medical information.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement in response to President Trump's dangerous decision to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Germany...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted two persons for kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor victim, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on July 28, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Javier Vargas (age: 43) of Joliet, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Christopher Gloster, Sr. (57, Fort Myers), aka “OG," to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Gloster’s son, Christopher Gloster, Jr. (30, Fort Myers), aka “Jitt," was sentenced to five years in federal prison earlier this year for the same offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An employee of a public university in New Jersey today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud public and private health benefits programs of at least $5.3 million for the billing of medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Stephen Thomas Parshall, aka “Kiwi," 35, of Las Vegas - who was charged last month with violations of federal and state law for conspiracy to cause destruction during protests in Las Vegas, and possession of an unregistered destructive device (specifically, an improvised incendiary...
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Approximately 4,500 Jews lived in Estonia before World War II, with roughly half living in Tallinn. The pre-war community in Estonia enjoyed cultural autonomy and state financial support. Following the Soviet occupation in June 1940, about half of Estonia’s Jews left the country, fleeing the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: M. Speaker, today we are considering H.R. 7327, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, which I introduced together with my friend and colleague, Chairwoman Lowey, as well as Representatives Davis, Clark, DeLauro, and Sanchez.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), announced today that Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) will serve as the Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Dameon Johnson (46) was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the arson of a duplex located on North 37th Street in Milwaukee. Johnson also will spend three years on supervised release following his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that today that Juan Padua, 32, and Michael Vasquez, 24, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, and a maximum of 40 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Three people have been charged for their alleged roles in a years-long conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts that were not authorized by contract, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Hurley Dewayne Pitts, age 46, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Carlos Trevon Morris, 44, of Albuquerque, New Mexico made an initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque today on a criminal complaint charging him with felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A man who admitted injuring a woman by hitting and punching her during a fight in Lame Deer in 2017 was sentenced today to six months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kenneth Roy Nester, age 26, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000,000.00, or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, July 29, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed over 50 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
