News from June 2020
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., today commended the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) decision to allow nuclear energy projects to apply for financing-as Murkowski and Manchin requested in an October 2019 letter to DFC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Raleigh, North Carolina, man with ties to Trenton admitted today to distributing heroin and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A sex offender previously convicted in state courts has been has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison after being captured in a nationwide sting while attempting to commit additional crimes against children.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced it will no longer authorize construction activities for natural gas pipelines until the agency acts on the merits of challenges from private landowners and other stakeholders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Earl Lafayette Hall, III, age 38, previously of Chicago and Arlington, Tennessee, was sentenced to 101 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $96,431 in restitution on June 9, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for veteran’s unemployment compensation fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Malcolm Jerome Straughter (34, Ocala) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Straughter faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Federal agents arrested Straughter yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Kula, Maui - Applications are now being accepted for the 2020-2021 E Ola Koa (Hawaiian for “live like the koa tree") year-long internship program tentatively starting in October 2020. Desired applicants are recent college graduates or are students currently enrolled working toward a degree. Haleakalā National Park interns work in the following programs: Wildlife Management, Vegetation Management, and Interpretation and Education.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Rules, and Judiciary Committees this week called on the Chairmen of their respective panels to convene hearings on the potentially dangerous...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced more than $20.1 million in federal funding for 58 projects supported by DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The projects are a part of a larger Department-wide TCF effort, in which 82 projects will receive more than $33 million in federal funding and more than $36 million in matching funds from the private sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rhashean Strange, age 35, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 10, 2020 by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 14 years’ imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 10, 2020, Ted Johnson, Jr., age 38, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann to 108 months’ imprisonment for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply (ENDAWS) Project. A virtual public meeting on the draft environmental document will be held on June 18, 2020, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Time via Microsoft TEAMS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: A 30-year-old Tulsa man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for firearms charges, including illegally possessing and manufacturing machine guns and silencers, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a criminal complaint was issued on Saturday, June 6, 2020, charging Adrian Wood, 21, of Washington State, with engaging in a civil disorder that obstructed, impeded, or interfered with a law enforcement officer’s lawful duties. If convicted, Wood faces a statutory maximum punishment of up to five years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Malcolm Jerome Straughter (34, Ocala) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Straughter faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Federal agents arrested Straughter yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, a Montgomery, Alabama resident, Vicki Lott Rohan, 56, received a 15-month sentence for committing wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell. The sentence and conviction were the results of Rohan embezzling, over a seven-year period, approximately $250,000.00 from her then-employer, the Alabama Education Retirees Association (AERA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Paid More Than $90,000 for Commercial Sex, Including with at Least Four Sex Trafficking Victims, in Less Than Two Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Fairbanks woman has been sentenced to federal prison for multiple crime sprees involving identify theft, mail theft, bank fraud, and credit card fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for the San Emidio II North Valley Geothermal Development Project proposed by Ormat Technologies Inc. The project supports the Trump Administration’s goals of achieving energy security, strengthening local economies and creating local jobs. The 30-day comment period will start June 11, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: The New England Poetry Club, Friends of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters, and Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site are pleased to announce the 2020 Virtual Summer Poetry Festival. This year’s festival, which begins Sunday, June 14, will take place live online and...
