News from October 2020
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MERCURY, Nev. - EM has fulfilled a key part of its mission in Nevada, completing remediation activities on and around the historic Tonopah Test Range (TTR) and conveying 70 sites into long-term stewardship.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Workers, many of them illegal aliens, were allegedly paid in cash delivered to worksites in backpacks.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley recently went underwater to clean and inspect a fire water storage tank at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). EM maintains 460,000 gallons of water in the 40-foot-tall tank in the event of a fire. Trained divers performed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 14 unsealed Indictments charging 14 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Sanford man was sentenced in federal court in Portland for transferring obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MACON, Ga. - The former office manager of a computer services company in Warner Robins, Georgia was sentenced to federal prison today for embezzling nearly $1.4 million from the business, forging 419 checks during the nine year scheme, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - A Washington State man was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today for fraudulently seeking over $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man made an initial appearance this week in federal court after being charged with Burglary in the First Degree in Indian Country and Strangulation of a Dating Partner in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: As the tallest monument in America marks its 55th birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 28, the public is invited to submit their best personal photos of the Arch for inclusion in a 55th birthday commemorative collage that will become available digitally.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Biddeford man was sentenced in federal court in Portland for his role in a series of racially motivated assaults against black men in Maine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Couple Indicted for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes and Failure to File Tax Returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: “Imagine you are an officer en route to a critical call for service. You look down for a moment at your mobile data terminal for an important message from dispatch, and immediately return your focus on the road. In that split second, a civilian motorist crosses into your travel lane and forces you to react."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Charles Heath Thompson, 44, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for receipt of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Thompson to 120 months (10 years) in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. Thompson pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 24, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former supervisor of security operations for eBay’s European and Asian offices pleaded guilty today to his role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Natick, Mass. couple who published a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
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: Indictment Alleges that he Sexually Exploited Two Prepubescent Girls in Order to Produce Images and Videos Documenting Their Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - David Joe Melendrez, 56, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque today to 22 years in prison for abusive sexual contact.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man made an initial appearance this week in federal court after being charged with Burglary in the First Degree in Indian Country and Strangulation of a Dating Partner in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Oct. 11 - Oct. 17, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
