News from June 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: North Bend, Ore. - With the continued lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by the State of Oregon and county officials, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Coos Bay District is increasing recreational access to additional day use sites. The Bureau of Land Management...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's executive order that will fast track projects to ignore environmental laws, including under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, a federal grand jury returned a 24-Count Indictment charging Ronald J. McCord, 69, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with defrauding two locally-based banks, Fannie Mae, and others, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. The charges include bank fraud, money laundering, and making a false statement to a financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Loren Reed, 26, of Page, Arizona, was arrested on Tuesday, June 2, and charged in a complaint with a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e) for using the internet and telephone to willfully threaten to unlawfully damage or destroy a building by fire. Reed appeared on the charges today before United States Magistrate Judge Camille Bibles of the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - Jon Estabilio, Jr., 45, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was charged today by federal complaint with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, providing or possessing contraband in prison, and bribery of public officials. Estabilio has been remanded to federal custody pending further proceedings.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on COVID-19 response.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Scott. C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Eau Claire County has been designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. The designation means Eau Claire County will receive more resources to coordinate federal, state, and local governments’ efforts to fight drug trafficking and abuse.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) urged Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) to hold a hearing on bridging the digital divide in a letter sent today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) will introduce the Growing Climate Solutions Act, which will break down barriers for farmers and foresters interested in participating in carbon markets so they can be ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Committee Member John P. Sarbanes introduced the Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 (The PLUM...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Michael McDonald, a/k/a George Jackson, a/k/a Rabbit, 41, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sex trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Theodore Loria, 53, of Irondequoit, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to cyberstalking. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester, Mass. man was arrested and charged today with civil disorder and possession of a Molotov cocktail during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred during demonstrations in the City of Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Along with the Justice Department, United States Attorneys Matthew D. Krueger (Eastern District of Wisconsin) announced today nearly $400 million in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: Chief Jegeris represents the ideal of law enforcement excellence. Always professional, ever vigilant, always looking out for the safety, security, and best interests of the community and everyone in it. Rapid City will be benefiting from his positive vision and forward-thinking initiatives for years to come. It has been a true pleasure to work with him and to call him my friend. He will be greatly missed.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020) – Today, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) announced an investment of $4.8 million to support Centers of Excellence at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions in America. The investments in these institutions is made possible through the NIFA 1890 Centers of Excellence (COE) Grants program, funded through the FY 2019 Federal Appropriations Bill.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from New Hampshire to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint issued today charged Wesley Somers, 25, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, with malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, returned an indictment against four executives for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chickens, the Department of Justice announced.
