News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin today advised the public that fraudulent cards and other documents bearing the Department of Justice seal are being distributed around the country with written advisories that persons are exempt from COVID-19-related face mask requirements.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: I write to express my deep concern with your decision to instruct Department of Labor (DOL) political appointees and senior career executives to return to their offices and begin a “phased" return of DOL career employees across the country, without a clear and uniform plan or...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On June 26, the United States successfully completed the extradition process of Luca Sartini, 60, from Italy, with the United States Marshals Service effectuating the transportation of Sartini from Rome to Knoxville. Sartini is a co-defendant of Sylvia Hofstetter. Hofstetter and three...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 48-year-old Matamoros, Mexico, resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import 10.2 kilograms of meth into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Yakutat Ranger Station in Yakutat, AK: Dial-A-Ranger at (907) 784-3295; Permits and other visitor services will be by appointment only.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Police Found Multiple Guns including an AK-47 Rifle in His House.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: On June 19, 2020 a group of individuals vandalized the Albert Pike Statue located at 3rd Street and D Street NW. The US Park Police and FBI are attempting to identify the individuals responsible for Destruction of Property and other related crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, June 30, 2020, at 3 p.m., outside the Horry County Government Center, 1301 2nd Avenue, Conway, South Carolina 29526.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.8 million from his employer, a commercial real estate management company and developer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney and Oklahoma Attorney General Encourage Oklahomans to Report False Claims Filed in their Name.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Crescent City, Calif. - Redwood National and State Parks has completed its conservation planning process for the Greater Mill Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project (GMC ERP). The decision to implement the project is recorded in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) pursuant to NEPA, and in a Notice of Determination pursuant to CEQA for the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced today that the DEA Merrillville Resident Office and their state and local counterparts arrested the following defendants: Geoffrey O. Onyeukwu, MD, 69, Gary, Indiana; Nurse Practitioner Akeem O. Kareem, 47, Crown Point, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - John Michael “Mike" Gowder, James Heaton, and George David Gowder have been sentenced to federal prison. Both Mike Gowder and Heaton were convicted on Oct. 24, 2019, after a two-week jury trial on 102 counts related to illegally prescribing and obtaining more than 15,000 doses of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DAVID LEE SNODDY, 38, to 33 months in prison for his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. SNODDY, who pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2020, was sentenced today before Judge Eric C. Tostrud...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin June 29 on Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Goshen County. Stage 1 restrictions on BLM lands in Natrona County will take effect July 1.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the Senate for passing multiple bipartisan bills that will hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for their harmful behavior and calling on House Democrat Leadership to bring them to the floor this week.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: On June 29, 2020, the U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) issued a Federal Agency Call (FAC) on EERE Exchange titled, "Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2020." The AFFECT...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Rian Harold Ishikawa, 42, of Kailua, was charged on June 29, 2020 by federal complaint with one count of producing child pornography and two counts of possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS, AK - The Arctic Interagency Visitor Center in Coldfoot will open for the season on Wednesday, July 1.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2020
News Release: It has been over a year since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) released its initial Preventing Forgery and Counterfeiting of Certificates and Licenses funding solicitation, which specifically focused on the use...
