News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that a federal grand jury indicted three men in the Northern District this week on child pornography charges. These are separate cases and are not related.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Yankton, SD - The National Park Service and South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks are having a litter issue at one of the most pristine and beautiful access points on the river in Southeastern South Dakota. Known to some as the Burbank Beach, the Bolton Game Production Area and river access in the Missouri...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Pipestone, MN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Pipestone National Monument continues to maintain public access to outdoor spaces, including the Circle Trail. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Brooklyn, N.Y. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway National Recreation Area will continue to provide limited recreational access and services for Canarsie Pier for the Memorial Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: A software engineer was charged in a complaint unsealed today for allegedly filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $1 million in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Two Minor Children, Including Woman’s Granddaughter, Also Found in Home.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Defendant is the 54th person to be charged in connection with the nationwide college admissions prosecution.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to White House Coronavirus...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Eric James Templeton (31, St. Petersburg) with attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Templeton faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined policies to preserve and expand affordable housing that he will push to include in the next COVID-19 relief bill.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: International Falls, MN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Voyageurs National Park is offering increased visitor services. 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 Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Amendments to PROMESA Act, which prioritizes funding for public health care, education, safety, pensions and the University of Puerto Rico, creates a publicly funded commission to audit Puerto Rico’s debt, and gives the Puerto Rican...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Branden Coluccio, 32, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. As part of his sentence, he was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,070,157...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint in Manhattan federal court charging...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: POCATELLO, Idaho -- The Bureau of Land Management Pocatello Field Office has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the J.R. Simplot Company’s (Simplot) request to exchange 719 acres of federal land adjacent to Simplot’s Don Plant, for 667 acres of non-federal land near the Chinese Peak-Blackrock Canyon area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Dejon Jasper, 27, of Lexington, was sentenced today, to 120 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Sent Hundreds of Harassing and Threatening Texts to a Woman in Maryland.
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady today announced that the City of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, received $119,006 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
