News from October 2020
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: With recent global increases in malicious activity from our adversaries and the rapid digital transformation of our energy systems, the threat of a cyber attack on our nation’s power grid looms large. The continuous attempts from our nation state adversaries to attack the U.S. energy sector reinforce the need for proactive cybersecurity practices that can prevent widespread disruptions to the computers and networks that manage our energy delivery systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted two persons alleging they collected ransom money as part of a kidnapping conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Terrance Braden, 41, of Memphis, Tennessee, pled guilty on Oct. 27, 2020 before Senior U.S. District Judge Davie Bramlette III to transporting women from Memphis to Jackson to engage in sex with men for money, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: GULF BREEZE, FL. - Gulf Islands National Seashore announces that the Okaloosa Area in Florida will close on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5:00 pm ahead of the approaching storm. The anticipated intense winds, rough seas, and heavy rain will impact this area and are expected to cause flooding of roads and coastal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Donte Lamont Dingle, a/k/a Kane, Donte Dingol, Donta Dingle, and Dante Dingle, age 47, of Baltimore, Maryland, was convicted after a six-day federal trial of the following charges: four counts of interference with commerce by robbery; a conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery;...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony Gerace, 40, of Clarence, NY, pleaded guilty to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Greendale, IN - During the early-morning hours of Oct. 27, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Brian Jackson on an outstanding warrant from Hamilton County for two counts of Felonious Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, CHRISTOPHER ARANA, age 26, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. ARANA is charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has selected Cicely Muldoon, a 35-year veteran of the National Park Service, as the new permanent superintendent of Yosemite National Park. Muldoon has been serving as the acting superintendent since January.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Resided in Haywood County and Targeted Victims at, or Near, Retirement Age.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Middletown, R.I., man currently serving a term of federal supervised release having been convicted and incarcerated for robbing four banks, admitted in federal court in Providence today to fraudulently seeking more than $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: For the second year in a row, two staff members were recognized as U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) Employee of the Year.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation to help a greater number of Americans successfully save for a secure retirement. The bill builds on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 to further improve workers’ long-term financial wellbeing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted two persons alleging they collected ransom money as part of a kidnapping conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) has launched innovative methods to ensure emergency preparedness drills continue in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to many employees working remotely.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The leaves are changing for fall and winter, so are the hours of operation at Fort Scott National Historic Site. Beginning Sunday, Nov. 1, the park historic structures will be open daily from 8:30 am-4:30 pm through March 31, 2021. The buildings are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The park grounds, walkways, and parking lot continue to be open from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset daily.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, expressing their concern with the Trump administration’s rule to roll back limits on discharges of toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), White River Field Office signed a decision today authorizing the gather and removal of approximately 75 excess wild horses from private lands in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area. This action is needed to address concerns of wild horses impacting private property within the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three men have been charged with various sex offenses after attempting to have sexual contact with individuals they believed to be children they met online, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
