News from September 2020
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: BLUFF, Utah - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Monticello Field Office released the Bluff River Trail Environmental Assessment for 30-day public comment. The BLM is requesting input from the public on a proposal by the Bluff City Historic Preservation Association, in partnership with the Grand Canyon...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a pair of former high school classmates have been indicted for allegedly defrauding a multinational energy development corporation of approximately $7.2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A federal grand jury indicted a Falmouth man for federal program fraud, wire fraud, false personation and theft of government benefits, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - On Sept. 17, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Yvonne Woods on three counts of making false, fictitious or fraudulent claims. The 50 year old is a resident of St. Louis County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEVANNY VICENTE, 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) seeks public review and comment on the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sediment Management Framework at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The 45-day comment period begins today, Sept. 18, 2020 with the publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register and ends on Nov. 2, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $95,000 civil penalty against Western Global Airlines of Estero, Fla., for alleged drug and alcohol testing violations.
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today announced that the Committee has obtained more than 16,000 pages of State Department records that had previously been produced to Senate Republicans to aid their smear of the President’s political rival...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man has been sentenced to federal prison for charges relating to gun violence within an Anchorage school zone.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a total of $37.2 million for 11 salinity control projects in Colorado and Wyoming through its Basinwide and Basin States Salinity Control Programs. When the salinity control features are installed, these projects will prevent approximately 23,426 tons of salt each year from entering the Colorado River.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the indictment of nine additional defendants bringing the total to twenty-eight charged for intentionally staging automobile accidents. Today’s indictment charges CORNELIUS GARRISON (“GARRISON"), age 54, of New Orleans...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Fruita, CO - Several trails and a portion of the campground within Colorado National Monument will be closed starting Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 to move 20 tons of rock by helicopter in preparation for substantial trail work on Liberty Cap trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORGE OQUENDO, also known as “G," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing PCP.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former employee of a Savannah finance company was sentenced to federal prison for committing bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Aaron Vroman, age 30, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for sexually exploiting a child.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: ― The U.S. Census Bureau is partnering with the American Statistical Association (ASA) for the Annual Data Challenge Expo. Contestants are challenged to analyze the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates using statistical and visualization tools and methods to present their findings at...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LYDIA CABRERA, 37, of Southington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling $370,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that William Johnson, 34, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted today at trial of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, arising from an incident in which Philadelphia police officers recovered a weapon that Johnson had tried to discard while attempting to evade capture.
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican Leader of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot Engel, the Committee’s Chairman, sent a letter to Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, advocating for Afghan women’s empowerment to remain a key focus of the peace process and a permanent Afghan Government priority.
