News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Defendant Stole from U.S. Companies to Benefit Instrumentality of the Chinese Government.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to make approximately $122 million available, through a competitive process, to establish coal products innovation centers. The innovation centers will focus on manufacturing value-added, carbon-based products from coal, as well developing new methods to extract and process rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. This landmark legislation, introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, would create a 51st state comprised of most of the territory presently considered the District of Columbia.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions for public lands managed by its Arcata Field Office in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, beginning Friday, June 26. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to the year-round statewide fire prevention order, issued on April 28.
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: BRUNSWICK, GA: Five Floridians are each facing substantial federal prison sentences after admitting they brought stolen firearms into south Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Raheem Marrow, age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 75 months’ imprisonment and a six-year term of supervised release for heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Greensboro Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: A former sheriff’s deputy who preyed on children at his church has been sentenced to life in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - Superintendent Jeff West announces Wild Horse curriculum is now available on the Cape Lookout National Seashore’s website. The park is proud to share three units with teachers and home school parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Apartment Complex Allegedly Violated the U.S. Fair Housing Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,437,286 visits to Acadia National Park in Maine generated $380 million in the state in 2019. That spending resulted in 5,474 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $511 million.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to request that he provide Congress the state testing plans that the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act required to be submitted to HHS.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced the winners of the first-ever 2020 Census “Get Out the Count" Video Challenge during a live virtual event. Prizes were awarded under The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Reauthorization Act of 2010, which provides agencies with the authority to conduct prize competitions to stimulate innovation, solve tough problems, and advance their agencies’ core missions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Justin Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Timothy James Goodner, age 19, of Maple Heights, has been charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion any building or property. According to the criminal complaint, Goodner was involved in an act of arson concerning the Shaia’s Parking Lot attendant booth on 1242 West 3rd Street on Saturday, May 30th, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Brent Rothenberg was charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to invest in a privately-traded software company in 2016, and in an information in connection with multiple schemes to defraud spanning from 2013 to 2016, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Laquise O. Johnson, 31, of Columbus was sentenced to 36 months in prison for receiving shipments of marijuana and methamphetamine from California at a post office box he rented where he worked and for stealing items from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Joshua Neil Bowen, 28, of Alto, New Mexico pleaded guilty on June 25 in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico to kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: Justin Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Timothy James Goodner, age 19, of Maple Heights, has been charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion any building or property. According to the criminal complaint, Goodner was involved in an act of arson concerning the Shaia’s Parking Lot attendant booth on 1242 West 3rd Street on Saturday, May 30th, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2020
News Release: United States Settles Disability Discrimination Case Involving Residents and Prospective Residents of a Senior Housing Community.
