News from November 2020
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CUSSETA, AL - On Nov. 9, 2020, ALJoon LLC - operating as Ajin USA of Cusseta - was sentenced after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of willful violation of an OSHA standard. The company will pay a $500,000 fine and $1,000,000 in restitution to the estate of a temporary machine operator who suffered fatal crushing injuries in June 2016 at the auto parts manufacturer's Cusseta, Alabama, facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Separately, a City Contractor and Manager of a Meal Program for HIV/AIDS Patients Was also Charged with Theft.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Everglades National Park is now offering the option to make a wilderness camping reservation in advance for campsites in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness through Recreation.gov. Beginning Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. ET, campers will be able to check the availability of wilderness campsites in real time, reserve a wilderness campsite up to three months in advance, and receive immediate confirmation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: United States Reaches Settlement with Federal Way Public Schools to Resolve Student Complaints of Harassment on the Basis of Religion and National Origin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Joshua Paul Doyle, 38, of Susanville, charging him with two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Marvin Windell Gray, a/k/a Marv, age 45, of Waldorf, Maryland to 66 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, on the federal charges of: conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl; distribution...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Visitors to Lees Ferry and Lake Powell are advised annual winter season changes in operations are occurring. The following buildings and water dependent amenities will be closed for winterization in the following order.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: CLINTON, MS - On Nov. 11, 2020, at approximately 9 am, National Park Service rangers received a report about a vehicle collision between two motor vehicles that resulted in a fatality near Milepost 91 in Clinton, MS.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region between the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF):
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Kula, Maui - Haleakalā National Park is now accepting Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) applications for guided astronomy tours and hiking tours. Up to four astronomy tour permits and up to six guided hiking tour permits will be issued. All applications must be received by the park no later than 4:00 pm HST on Nov. 15, 2020. All CUAs issued will be valid for up to two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A New York City man was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute a kilogram of heroin and a kilogram of fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
Release: The government of Mexico has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of lettuce with roots, Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment to support the risk mitigation requirements for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: A Macomb Township resident was charged in a Criminal Information for his alleged role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $931,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher J. Cohn, a/k/a “Wolf," age 27, of Albany, was sentenced today to serve 241 months in prison for two armed bank robberies he committed in February 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Richard Adams, age 60, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 90 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with armed bank robberies committed in Baltimore on January 23 and Feb. 1, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) have issued the final environmental impact statement (Final EIS) that considers a highway right-of-way application, amended habitat conservation plan and incidental take permit for the Mojave desert tortoise...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: University Researcher Pleads Guilty to Lying on Grant Applications to Develop Scientific Expertise for China.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: The gates to State Routes 410 and 123 inside Mount Rainier National Park, including Chinook and Cayuse passes, are closed for the season after heavy snow and a forecast of more to come.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against James Timothy Norman, Terica Taneisha Ellis, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam and Travell Anthony Hill. Norman, Ellis and Hill are charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for hire resulting in the death of Andre Montgomery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Matthew Goyder, 37, of Folsom, charging him with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
