News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced that he will convene a Congressional hearing next Friday, July 31st, on the Department of Homeland Security’s police actions in Portland and how they are threatening our democracy. Last week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned indictments in the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Ft. Thompson, South Dakota, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death was sentenced on July 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has answered the call to support Operation Legend by bringing our Special Agents, technical expertise, and unique capabilities to the operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG - Dr. Qingyun Sun, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to defrauding West Virginia University and filing a false tax return, both offenses arising out of his official travel to China, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - Buck Island Reef National Monument: Beginning Thursday July 23, 2020 the temporary restriction for anchoring will be lifted and the public will once again be allowed to anchor by approved permit issued from the Superintendent under the authority provided in 36 CFR §1.5 and as per 36 CFR §7.73 Special Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today Daniel E. Boldt, 46, Town of Corning, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing five firearms and ammunition, as a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today applauded the passage of the Eliot L. Engel State Department Authorization Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Rachel Torey Danielle Epperson, 30, and Adam Alan Blodgett, 37, both of Anchorage, have been indicted on federal gun charges in connection with the April 4, 2020, shooting death of another individual.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain released a video on July 23, 2020, with his remarks concerning the criminal charges against former United States Congressman Michael “Ozzie" Myers. The video is available on the Office website here.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS- A Billings man convicted of bringing large quantities of methamphetamine to the community and of possessing firearms was sentenced today to 26 years and 10 months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities across the country, worsening the economic crisis in its wake, today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released an updated staff analysis describing how state authorities are - or, in some cases, are not - protecting residents from utility disconnections during this time of extraordinary economic hardship.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: Nationwide Effort to Build Quantum Networks and Usher in New Era of Communications
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Inspectors General (IG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they will both launch investigations into the Trump Administration's use of violent tactics against peaceful protestors in Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere around the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves, and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and member of the EPW Committee, released the following statements after the Senate voted to approve the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019 (DERA) as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Washington - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal grand jury returned an Indictment on July 21, 2020, charging Edward Charles Robinson, Jr. with two counts of first degree murder, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. FBI agents arrested Robinson today and the United States will seek his detention pending a trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Stephen A. Byrne, 60, former Executive Vice President of SCANA, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Blake Edward Cooper, age 51, of Harlan, to 60 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug user in possession of a firearm. Cooper ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 22, 2020, U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Colin H. Coffin (age: 26) to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release after Coffin pled guilty to two counts of Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
