News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are accepting public comments on an environmental assessment (EA), that analyzes potential impacts from leasing 320-acres of federal coal to the Coyote Creek Mining Company. The agencies are also accepting comments on the Lease-by-Application, Fair Market Value, and Maximum Economic Recovery.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve management has determined there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in most areas of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali).
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PAC), the overarching judicial branch government agency charged with assisting State of Georgia prosecuting attorneys in their efforts against criminal activity, has joined forces with the Governor’s Office, U.S. Attorneys and Georgia’s Attorney General as the newest member of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fraud Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian man, living in Chelsea, was charged today in connection with the April 21, 2020, armed robbery of Lanzilli’s Grocery in Boston.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Republic, Mo. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- As part of a national effort directed by U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Ariana Fajardo Orshan is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against more than $49 million worth of assets acquired by Khadem al-Qubaisi using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: A Fort Worth child sexual predator was sentenced Monday to 80 years in federal prison announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Logan Nedo, 34, of Irondequoit, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to producing child pornography. At sentencing, the defendant faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years, a maximum of 30 years, as well as a lifetime term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that two former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmembers and one former employee were sentenced for their roles in an embezzlement scheme involving tribal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Transportation of Child Pornography was sentenced on May 4, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Detroit, MI - The U.S. Marshals Service Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team, in conjunction with the Michigan State Police, are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of a father and son identified as the suspects involved in the May 1 murder of a security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Dover, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in consultation with state and local public health information, Fort Donelson National Battlefield is increasing recreational access to the battlefield. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., called on the Trump administration to address the lack of financial relief for Medicaid providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The two Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on May 4, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted his role today in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds using fraudulently procured electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $3 million for grants through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects. USDA will accept applications on Grants.gov until midnight July 6, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Luis Perez-Rodriguez, 31, of Allentown, PA, has been arrested and charged with one count of manufacturing child pornography after a search warrant was executed at his home. United States Magistrate Judge Henry S. Perkin presided over a detention hearing in Allentown via video teleconference today, and ordered that the defendant remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 4, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced ESTEBAN RAMIREZ, III (“RAMIREZ"), age 27, a resident of Lorain, Ohio, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
