News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: “On Monday, fifteen FBI special agents conducted numerous interviews regarding the situation at Talladega Superspeedway. After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Rhiannon Rader (34, St. Marys, Georgia) was sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam (Xanax). Rader had pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyoming, will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for the annual silt run.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg woman was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stephanie Eldred, 45, previously admitted that she was part of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Parkersburg between February and October 2018. At her plea hearing, Eldred stated that she distributed more than 200 grams of methamphetamine that had been supplied by co-defendant Terrence McGuirk.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, unveiled a new report detailing the Trump Administration’s failure to quickly distribute $175 billion in Coronavirus relief funds to hospitals. These delays and other missteps...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gage Allen Davis, 24, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison and Billy Ray Lewis, 39, to 72 months in federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking ring in central Ohio in 2019. Both men are from Columbus.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK - Michelle Wheatley, a 20-year veteran of the National Park Service and currently the superintendent of Jewel Cave National Monument, has been named the Acting Superintendent of Wind Cave National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stalyn Morales, 42, of Easton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count of submitting false claims to the United States and one count of aggravated identity theft before United States District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana sex offender was sentenced to seven years in federal prison June 19, 2020, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana for possession of child pornography. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans along with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Cyber Crime Unit and the Vermillion Parish Sheriff’s Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on preparing for future pandemics, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Committee, warned her Republican colleagues that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and Congress must take additional action to keep families and communities safe.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 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 Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, Missouri, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. This is the first EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance investment being made in the bureau’s Denver region.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Chair Dhillon: We write with great concern regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC or Commission) six-month pilot, initiated on May 29, 2020, which modifies the agency’s longstanding approach to the conciliation process. While few details have been released, reporting indicates...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 44-year-old Murphy, Texas man was charged in an indictment unsealed today with wire fraud, false statements to a financial institution and money laundering for his alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: The historic Canyon Creek Stage Station offers a unique glimpse into Idaho’s past. One of only two remaining stage stops on the Oregon Trail, the Canyon Creek Stage Station is a fascinating piece of Idaho and American history.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Regalbuto, 27, of New York City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to cyberstalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news President Trump is extending limits on worker visas through 2020, greatly restricting immigration to the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 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 Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission, Oil City, Pennsylvania, to update economic development plans and fortify...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Lubbock, Texas, July 10-11 at the Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 75 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 11. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, July 11, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 12. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
