News from July 2020
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Williamsport, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Robert Medlar, a 49-year old man from Mount Ephraim, New Jersey.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Yorba Linda man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he operated an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million - including on behalf of criminals - through in-person transactions and a network of Bitcoin ATM-type kiosks.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced a proposal to support an eventual safe return to school by ensuring local communities have the resources and supplies needed to keep students connected...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - South Florida federal prosecutors have charged Hialeah residents Alberico Ahias Crespo, 45, and Jorge Diaz Gutierrez, 65, with conspiring to distribute Oxycodone, obstruct justice, and make false statements to the FBI. Crespo is a Special Agent with the Department of Health and Human Services...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARISOL FERRY, formerly known as “Marisol Hernandez," 27, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 22, 2020] - A climbing accident resulted in a fatality when a 20-year-old male fell from a ridge known as the Dragon’s Tail in Glacier National Park on Tuesday evening.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was indicted for setting fires inside two Raleigh businesses after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he operated an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million - including on behalf of criminals - through in-person transactions and a network of Bitcoin ATM-type kiosks.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
Release: ATLANTA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske traveled to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) today to host one of his regular COVID-19 town hall meetings with agency employees.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted today on a federal robbery charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Effective immediately, Grand Canyon National Park is initiating water conservation measures on the North Rim due to a water pump failure within the Transcanyon Pipeline system at Roaring Springs. Park staff and contractors are working on repairs to the system. The estimated timeline for repair and replacement is unknown and water conservation measures will remain in effect for the North Rim until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, July 29, at 10 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs."

By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Ocean ecosystems are changing, driven largely by ocean heatwaves and, specifically, the massive heatwave of 2014-2016 known as The Blob. This paper focuses on the Common Murre die-off in 2016-2016 and discusses the many related ecosystem components also impacted.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing “Stopping the Spread: Examining the Increased Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Richard Everett Camp, Jr. has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the conspiracy to commit...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Stopping the Spread: Examining the Increased Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Francisco Javier Cortes-Gutierrez, age 35, of Mexico, with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Shoshone Field Office, Twin Falls District is asking the public to review and provide input on an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes recreation and public access in the Wood River Valley. The overall purpose of the EA is to consider expanding...