News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Effective Friday, July 31 at 11:59 p.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado River District will lower fire restrictions from Stage 2 to Stage 1 for public lands in and around Yuma and Lake Havasu City, due to increased moisture in the area, and lower fire activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces that MATTHEW CUOMO, aged 55, has been charged by a Bill of Information with Forgery on July 30, 2020, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 513. If convicted of this crime, CUOMO will face a maximum sentence of ten years in the Bureau of Prisons, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as part of the committee’s investigation of his apparent use of Department of State resources to advance a political smear of former Vice President Joe...
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Dear Ambassador Chapman: We are extremely alarmed by a report in Brazilian newspaper O Globo yesterday which stated that while lobbying your counterparts on reducing ethanol tariffs, you raised “the importance for the Bolsonaro government of maintaining Donald Trump as U.S. President." The article further...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s newly released Endangered Species Act regulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Three individuals have been charged today for their alleged roles in the Twitter hack that occurred on July 15, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for a gun crime, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Harry Lee Nguyen, 24, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: East Beach Road Fire Status: Acres Burned: 65 acres. Cause: Human Caused. Engines: 5. Tenders: 2. Helicopters: 3. Hand Crews: 5. Heavy Equipment: 3. Fallers: 2. Containment: 0%. Total personnel: 125. Incident Summary: On Wednesday July 29 at 4 pm a wildfire was discovered just north of East Beach Road near Lake...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Two felons appeared in federal court this week for gun crimes, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - Effective Friday, July 31 at 12:01 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has lowered fire restrictions from Stage 2 to Stage 1 for public lands administered by the Phoenix District in Maricopa, Pima and Pinal, and Yavapai counties, including the Sonoran Desert National Monument and Agua...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Adrian “AD" Lemons, 42, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for cocaine conspiracy. Lemons appeared today before U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Hurricane Isaias is forecast to be a potential threat to Cape Lookout National Seashore as current projections show the storm passing across or very near to the coast of Eastern North Carolina. Currently, Isaias has a land fall projected on the Outer Banks Monday afternoon as a CAT 1 Hurricane with winds around 80 mph. There is still a possibility that the track could shift east or west as the storm moves up the coast of the Southeastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm that was found in his vehicle along with his infant son.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Gardner man was arrested yesterday on a charge of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Jeremy Dale Sortor, 48, of Dietrich, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 15 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms after prior convictions for felony sex and stalking offenses, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Michael Scott Leslie, age 57, of Boulder, Colorado, pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Leslie appeared remotely on a $50,000 unsecured bond, which was continued at the hearing’s conclusion. The...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously approved bipartisan legislation led by Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, to help communities prepare for and respond to landslides and other natural hazards.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CORDOVA, MD, July 31, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $13 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Maryland. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made available for the ReConnect Pilot Program through the CARES Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tra Lott, 27, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on House Democrats’ attempt to undermine the Supreme Court by blocking funding to enforce the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule on religious and moral objections to contraceptive coverage.
