News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, is urging law enforcement and community partners to join with the United States Attorney’s Office in eradicating sexual harassment in housing amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a message sent to law enforcement and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that the City of Morristown received $43,683 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the second stage (DESIGN) of the Waves to Water Prize. Launched in February 2019 by Assistant Secretary Daniel R Simmons, the Waves to Water prize calls on U.S. innovators to leverage the power of the ocean to provide potable drinking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: A third Dallas man who exploited the chaos of the Black Lives Matter protests to steal firearms has been charged with gun crimes, announces U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Dear Ambassador Pierce: I write to you on the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s historic Westminster address to assure you that we in the United States stand ready to work with the United Kingdom and other likeminded allies to push back against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) malign influence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An 18-year-old Providence high school student has been charged in U.S. District Court in Providence with allegedly coercing a 10-year-old Utah girl to disrobe and engage in sexually explicit conduct in front of a live online camera.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of three individuals for Conspiracy to Commit Burglary Involving Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Ivan Jacob Zecher (27, Jacksonville) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm. If convicted, Zecher faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man accused of multiple crimes concerning an investigation into coercion of minors, sex trafficking, and child pornography appeared for arraignment today, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: MOAB, UT - As part of the phased resumption of operations, Arches and Canyonlands national parks will begin collecting entrance fees on June 15, 2020. The list of entrance fees is as follows.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to DreamSpring of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to support the rollout of its Expreso loan program, which will provide a new financial product to assist businesses in New Mexico and Texas. The EDA grant, to be located near a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $125,000 in local investment and is expected to create nearly 300 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced the charging of three individuals for Conspiracy to Commit Burglary Involving Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Scituate man who is the subject of a domestic no-contact order and who is facing felony larceny charges in Rhode Island state court was arraigned before a federal court magistrate judge today, charged in a Project Guardian investigation with allegedly making false statements on a federal application to purchase two firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shanna Smith, 25, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to making false declarations before a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The first of seven defendants in the April 2018 illegal entry and vandalism of Submarine Base Kings Bay was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bryan Keith Presgraves, II, of Luray, Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Ivan Jacob Zecher (27, Jacksonville) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm. If convicted, Zecher faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Jonathan Turner, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Robert Korbe pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances while in federal prison between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the expansion of its research capabilities in harsh climates through a collaboration with Alaska’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). CCHRC staff will become NREL employees through this expanded partnership.
