News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the county of Davidson, North Carolina, to construct a new stormwater detention pond and other stormwater and sewer improvements to...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy’s Directorate General for Climate and Energy issued a statement of intent (SOI) to collaborate on collecting, analyzing, and sharing information...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man who formerly owned ARO Equity, LLC pleaded guilty today in connection with a multi-year fraud scheme that caused more than $4 million in losses to investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO -Stephanie Baker, 48, of O’Fallon, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three counts of mail fraud related to her former position in the accounting department of Prairie Farms Dairy Supply Company. Baker appeared, today, before United States District Henry Autrey who accepted her pleas and set sentencing for Jan. 12, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement officers found the drug and more than $12,000 during a search at his home was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement after President Trump abruptly abandoned bipartisan coronavirus relief talks to focus on ramming through Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Suspect Forced Victim to Drive to Multiple ATMs to Withdraw Hundreds of Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mays Landing, New Jersey, man charged with Wire Fraud pled guilty and was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2020, by District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Due to an unforeseen delay, road construction in Joshua Tree National Park, due to begin yesterday, October 5, 2020, will begin Oct. 19, 2020. Preliminary signage will be installed as early as October 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Vincent J. Trimarco, Jr., an attorney licensed to practice in the state of New York since 1997, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the beneficiary of an estate from her inheritance...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Oct. 6, 2020- The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $4 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Indiana. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Rapheal Seay, age 30, of Michigan City, Indiana was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District announces the availability of a draft environmental assessment to address potential environmental consequences associated with a proposal by Crown Castle to construct a telecommunications network in sections of Red Rock Canyon National...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The finance manager for William Tempel Construction today was arraigned on wire fraud charges alleging she stole more than $565,000 through a scheme of false and inflated subcontractor invoices billed to a client, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 6, 2020 - During last week’s markup, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) recognized three retiring staff members for their dedication and decades of service to the Committee on Natural Resources and the U.S. House of Representatives. Lisa Pittman, Chief Counsel, will be retiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio today, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 44-year-old Adan Suke, Jr., a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (KTTT), to 12 years in federal prison in connection with the death of a fellow tribe member in November 2006, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - Rangers at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site are excited to offer an at-home Ranger Time program for children ages two through five!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Justin Simmons, 36, has been sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Department of Energy transferred the first batch of radioactive waste to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) on Oct. 5, officially starting the “hot" commissioning of the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Corrine N. Bowman, 41, Medicine Lodge, Kan., is charged with one count of bank fraud. The crime is alleged to have occurred from 2017 to 2019 in Medicine Lodge.
