News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Lao, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distributing heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Four sitting Toledo City Council members arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DENVER - The following statement has been issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and the Denver Division of the FBI.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. The survey provides state and local government data on full- and part-time employment, full-time equivalent employment, and payroll statistics by governmental function.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - TRAVON WILSON. On June 23, Travon Wilson, 32, pled guilty to transportation of stolen money, securities, and goods in interstate commerce. Wilson and his co-conspirators travelled around the United States to commit burglaries of cash safes. The group target grocery stores, check-cashing...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Effective immediately, the National Park Service (NPS) is implementing modifications to operations at Phantom Ranch through the year 2021. These changes are in response to guidance from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. The Phantom Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant (PRWWTP), located at the bottom of Grand Canyon, requires critical rehabilitation due to deferred maintenance and increased visitation levels.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a $20 million funding opportunity to develop technology innovations that strengthen America’s water infrastructure and enable advanced water resource recovery systems that have the potential to be net energy positive.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway Arch National Park is increasing recreational access to the Tram Ride to the Top and Documentary Movie experiences. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A former Bulloch County sheriff’s deputy has pled guilty in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), introduced the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief Act (CCCERA), a $430 billion dollar bill to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Florence, Kentucky, man Richard Gearhart, 39, was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute MDMA (ecstasy).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Amanda Boyle, age 37, of Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2020, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two Soledad men were sentenced this week for conspiracy to rob the Chase Bank in Modesto, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Robert Zavala, 24, was sentenced today to five years in prison, and Moises Misael Garcia DeLeon, 27, was sentenced to on Monday to four years and nine months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: As boating season gets underway in Grand Teton National Park, all boaters are reminded to operate their vessel safely and with regard to others. Park staff will participate in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide awareness effort to promote boating safety and education about impaired boating, this weekend, July 4 and 5.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), who also serves as Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), released the following statement on the passing of Edward D. Kleinbard, former Chief of Staff of the JCT...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A Seattle doctor was taken into custody today on allegations that he fraudulently sought over $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay between June 14 - June 20, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO, Ill. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Chicago Field Division, the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Fire Department, in conjunction with the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois are seeking to speak to at least 19 persons of interest who ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva today congratulated the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Chair Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) on today’s comprehensive report recommending a broad and aggressive policy approach to climate change. The Committee, Grijalva said, has done a vital public service in focusing on the greatest threat humanity faces and basing its recommendations on thorough public outreach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that CHRISTOPHER RASCOLL, 48, of Blauvelt, New York, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with making anti-Semitic death threats to a resident of Stratford, Connecticut.
