News from June 2020
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
Release: Successful Competition Highlights Importance of Investing in Next Generation of Leaders in Science
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Following reports that some nursing homes and assisted living facilities have been seizing residents’ economic impact payments (EIPs), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Brian Normand, age 30, of Zachary, Louisiana, to serve 195 months in federal prison following his conviction for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered Normand to serve fifteen years of supervised release after imprisonment, and he must register as a convicted sex offender for life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Jake Seright, 40, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a fine of $8,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations for several positions on the newly established Rio Puerco Management Committee. As published in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations received through July 8, 2020. The Secretary of the Interior signed the charter establishing the Rio Puerco Management Committee on May 23, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all the Democratic women Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform issued the following statement honoring the 101st anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment by Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, charging him with aiding and abetting arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct. WOLFE will make his initial appearance on June 9, 2020, at 1 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Thank you to all who provided input in the naming of the northern unit of First State National Historical Park. Your comments were very important in our decision making process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Herman Parker was arrested this morning by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: King of Prussia, PA - The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (WARO) has announced a partnership with Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution to highlight the lesser known stories of African Americans, indigenous populations, women and children and their contributions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, charging him with aiding and abetting arson at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct. WOLFE will make his initial appearance on June 9, 2020, at 1 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced that Maurice Rice, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 19 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Richard W. Moore, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Lane Hamblin (40, of Spanish Fort) has been sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to obtaining hydrocodone using forged prescriptions.
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 Anderson County received $58,008 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Poplar man who admitted sexually abusing a child was sentenced today to four years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U. S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Middletown, N.J. - The demolition of buildings 119 and 120 located within the Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground National Historic Landmark will begin on June 15. These historic buildings were flooded and extensively damaged during Hurricane Sandy. Buildings 119 and 120 were two of nearly one...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy that involved multi-pound shipments of methamphetamine transported from Arizona to Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Maurice Rice, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 19 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Kayla Marie Miller, age 30, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Miller to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing her term of imprisonment, Miller will begin a five-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jarrett Edmonds, age 37, of Ashley, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 4, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 27 months’ imprisonment followed by six years on supervised release for possessing with intent to deliver quantities of heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
