News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge sentenced an Ensley man today for carjacking and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence that occurred in Birmingham, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Acting Special Agent in Charge Frank Haera.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s intent to nominate William Pendley as head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Petersburg man has been sentenced in federal court for burglarizing the Petersburg Post Office with the intent to steal parcels for pecuniary gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mariah Ferry, 22, of Albuquerque was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, New Mexico to 30 years in prison on charges related to the kidnappings and brutal assaults of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant, Chase Smothermon, 32, of Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: “Exempt" cards not authorized by U.S. Department of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,356,700 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area spent $60,400,000 in communities near the three parks in 2019. That spending supported 846 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economies of $70,100,000. The parks span four counties in southern West Virginia: Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - Hao Zhang, 41, of China, was found guilty of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and conspiring to commit both offenses today, announced the Department of Justice. The ruling was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge, following a four-day bench trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted yesterday in connection with brandishing a loaded sawed-off shotgun in an apartment while arguing with teenaged residents in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A federal grand jury has indicted, Kenny Ray Raleigh, 42, of Partridge, Ky., on one count of unreasonable force by a police officer acting under color of law and one count of obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - Nicholas Brown, Jr., 25, of Jackson County, Mississippi was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to 60 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Brown was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) today issued a Final Request for Proposal for the new, standalone management and operating (M&O) contract for the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), located at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Prince William Sound Economic Development District, Anchorage, Alaska, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy J. Smith, 43, of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 months’.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Scheme Allegedly Involved Kickbacks Paid In Bricks of Cash Wrapped in Silver Bags.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A gang member and convicted felon will spend the next decade in federal prison after sentencing in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Thornton Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Due to wildfire risk Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument lands will be under a fire restriction order beginning 12:01 am Friday June 26, 2020. All three counties that the parks lie within have implemented burn bans and recent rains have...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that the Secretary of the Interior has transferred 37 acres of BLM-managed federal public lands in San Diego County, California along the southern border with Mexico to the Department of the Army. The transfer will facilitate construction and augmentation of barriers along border to deter illegal crossings.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, Stuart, Florida, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
