News from June 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: DELTA, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management has begun a phased approach to resuming adoptions at the Delta Wild Horse and Burro facility. Phase I allows for the facility to be open for adoptions Monday thru Thursday by appointment only and limited to two appointments per day. Each appointment will be...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Jackie B. Love, 55, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 100 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for a series of five commercial robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation executed another set of congressionally-mandated contract conversions with Central Valley Project contractors pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. These contracts provide water to families, farms and communities in their respective service areas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $16.6 million to nine congressionally authorized Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects. This funding, part of the WaterSMART Program, is for the planning, design, and construction of water recycling and reuse projects in partnership with local government entities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - On Monday, a South Texas man entered a guilty plea for his role in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens within the country.
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Committee and Oversight Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, and Subcommittee on National Security Chairman Stephen F. Lynch issued the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued...
By Commerce 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: SAN FRANCISCO - Three more people have been charged with crimes related to an investigation into corruption in San Francisco’s City Hall, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett of the San Francisco Division; and Internal...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Santa Fe, NM - With the easing of public health and safety restrictions enacted by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that BLM offices and public rooms, with the exception of the Farmington District Office, would reopen beginning June 8, 2020. BLM is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Hassan Ra El, a/k/a Rasheem Harrson Crockett has been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding business owners around the country to pay over $10 million dollars in advance fees for business loans, a scheme in which he falsely claimed to be a member of the Moroccan Royal Family.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News 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.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, MD - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (NMHS) is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), David...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jahjuan Sabb, age 20, of Troy, New York, was arrested on Saturday and charged with threatening to attack the Troy Police Department during a demonstration that took place yesterday, June 7.
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.
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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2020
News Release: On Monday, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice, joined Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) in requesting necessary revisions to the United States Postal Services’ (USPS) fiscal impact projections for the COVID-19 crisis.
