News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Ryan Perrin (34, Palm Harbor) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. Perrin’s criminal history-including prior state felony convictions for selling cocaine and aggravated assault-qualified him for sentencing as an Armed Career Criminal. Perrin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Ryan Perrin (34, Palm Harbor) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. Perrin’s criminal history-including prior state felony convictions for selling cocaine and aggravated assault-qualified him for sentencing as an Armed Career Criminal. Perrin had pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will extend the timeline for implementing the APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). In February, APHIS published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it would activate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Defendants Admit to Failing to Follow Environmental Regulations Governing Underground Storage Tanks at Gas Stations; Agree to Injunction and $187,500 Civil Penalty.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man was sentenced June 30 to serve six years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 32 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM recently awarded Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR $10.4 million for its performance from October 2019 through March 2020, amounting to 94 percent of the available fee for the period.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park staff would like to remind visitors of the moderate fire danger conditions our area of Minnesota is currently facing. While in the park, fires are only permitted within designated fire rings. Be sure to put your fire out completely before leaving your site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - On June 10, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a six count indictment against three former correctional officers-Jason Tagaloa, 29, Craig Pinkney, 36, and Jonathan Taum, 48-for their roles in assaulting an inmate housed at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center and for attempting to cover up their misconduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Kavonte Knolton, 21 and Jamaal Murphy, 19, both of Dayton, have been charged with committing a total of five armed robberies of convenience stores in the Miami Valley dating back to December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Devin Montgomery, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives. During a May 30, 2020 gathering of protesters, Montgomery allegedly set fire to an unmarked Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PBP) vehicle near the Fifth Avenue entrance to PPG Paints Arena.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Illegal fireworks are suspected as the cause of a wildfire at Timpanogos Cave National Monument on Saturday, June 27. The fire began at approximately 11:30 pm, at the same time that the nearby Traverse Fire was threatening structures in Lehi and Draper.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: During a Facebook Live event earlier today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel R Simmons announced the launch of the Innovations in Advanced Manufacturing for Hydropower (I AM Hydro) Prize, a new competition designed to lower costs...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Heath Subcommittee hearing on “High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.‘s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 48-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 32 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho have finished processing a challenging liquid waste form dubbed “squeezants," allowing the material to be sent from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to an out-of-state permanent disposal facility.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - In a well-coordinated effort, the Hanford Fire Department and nearby cities and counties successfully contained a wildfire that presented firefighters with many challenges and obstacles.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 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 Northern Vermont Economic Development District, St. Albans, Vermont, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
