News from June 2020
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Watch an animated timeline to learn more about the history of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management's Tuba City, Arizona, Disposal Site, located on the western edge of the Navajo Nation and near the Hopi Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - On June 10, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a six count indictment against three former correctional officers-Jason Tagaloa, 29, Craig Pinkney, 36, and Jonathan Taum, 48-for their roles in assaulting an inmate housed at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center and for attempting to cover up their misconduct.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public scoping comments on approximately 47,685 acres of public lands proposed for the upcoming December 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale in Jackson, Las Animas, Moffat, and Weld counties. The public scoping period starts today, June 30 and ends July 14, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act). Today’s release includes draft repayment contracts from the Central Valley Project south-of-delta contractors for a 60-day public comment period. These are 15 of over 80 repayment contract conversions requested by federal Central Valley Project contractors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man was sentenced June 29 to federal prison for more than five years for his role in importing methamphetamine inside a vehicle door panel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old anesthesiologist from Katy has paid $100,000 to resolve allegations that he falsely billed Medicare for the use of acupuncture devices, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against MOHAMED HUSSEIN ABDI, 19, charging him with arson. ABDI, who was arrested on June, 29, 2020, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers have completed deactivating Building K-1600, a former test and demonstration facility for uranium enrichment centrifuges at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), and now it is ready for demolition.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 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 Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board, Corning, New York, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Kavonte Knolton, 21 and Jamaal Murphy, 19, both of Dayton, have been charged with committing a total of five armed robberies of convenience stores in the Miami Valley dating back to December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jessica Marie Rubio, 32, of Grand Rapids, Michigan pleaded guilty before a U.S. Magistrate Judge to one count of wire fraud conspiracy in a scheme to defraud those without legal status in the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three House Agriculture Subcommittee Chairs issued a statement today in response to introduction of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis’ report, Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America. Conservation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Navarro: I am writing concerning allegations made by former National Security Advisor John Bolton that President Trump improperly used trade negotiations with China to advance his personal political interests. In particular, I am concerned about the meetings between President Trump and Chinese...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Former Colorado Judge Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Task Force Investigation of a Drug Trafficking Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Conway, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that a joint team of more than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 23 individuals who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that operated out of the Cedar Branch area of Horry County, South Carolina. Three additional defendants remain at large.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against MOHAMED HUSSEIN ABDI, 19, charging him with arson. ABDI, who was arrested on June, 29, 2020, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, spoke on the House Floor in support of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Ceveghnta Billvon Guyden, a/k/a “Chop," (42, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine. He had pleaded guilty on March 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Luis Rivera, age 34, of Albany, pled guilty last week to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
