News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - The U.S. Department of Justice‘s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced $12 million in funding to support state-level law enforcement agencies in combating the illegal manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has been awarded a grant in the amount of $1,000,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Israel - U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation announced it is seeking proposals for collaborative projects to develop advanced technologies for the homeland security mission. The BIRD Homeland Security (HLS) program is a joint initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Israel Ministry of Public Security (MOPS).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The National Park Service responded to a possible drowning at Boulder Beach June 23.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: June 23, 2020, Ashford, WA-Two independent searches are currently underway at Mount Rainier National Park for two missing persons. One search is focused on trails out of Longmire and the second unrelated search is focused on Paradise area trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Ricardo Labrador-Ortiz, age 46, was sentenced to 31-months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of misuse of a social security number and one count of aggravated identity theft on Jan. 17, 2020. Renzo...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Enjoy three fun-filled evenings of stories during the 28th annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival is scheduled for September 17-19, from 6:00-10:30 PM (ET) at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A serial robber who calls himself “Mula" was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for robbery and brandishing a gun during a robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 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 hearing on Tuesday, June 30, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The legislative hearing is entitled, “High Anxiety and Stress: Legislation to Improve Mental Health During Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The Department of Justice‘s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced nearly $42 million in funding to support state-level law enforcement agencies in combating the illegal manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Deandray Charles Grant, 30, of Forney, Texas, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr., to seven years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On Sept. 10, 2019, Grant was found guilty by a federal jury in Shreveport following trial.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Full Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a joint team of more than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested fourteen people who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in an alleged violent drug trafficking ring in the Midlands area of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Yesterday, Lodi Gene Bitsie II, 25, of Fort Defiance, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 17.5 years in prison. Bitsie previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers accomplished a major feat during one of the largest and final demolition projects at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) last week. They used powerful mechanical devices known as winches to pull over the 180-foot tower portion of the Centrifuge Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A public official in Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for accepting nearly $300,000 in bribes from an electrical contractor and then failing to report the income he received from those bribes and a side business on his federal tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced the 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC): Powering the Blue Economy™ application period will open in August 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William Y. Asiedu, age 27, of Albany, pled guilty today to wire fraud conspiracy, arising from his receipt of nearly $450,000 from the victims of romance scams.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On June 18, a federal grand jury brought a 19-count indictment against Rogelio Benavides, 34, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, bank fraud, use and possession of unauthorized credit cards, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail. Benavides was arrested on the indictment today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
