News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: FBI Releases Statement on Misinformation Related to Wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Spokane -- William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announces that a total of $657,699 in school safety grant funding is being awarded to the Mattawa Police Department, East Valley School District and Consolidated School District #116 in Prosser, Washington. The...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - As a result of extreme fire activity, the Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed all public lands managed by the Northwest Oregon District east of Interstate 5, effective immediately. This expands the previous closure of developed campgrounds in the area, to include all BLM-administered lands, roads, sites, and trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Part of Officer's Uniform Burned During a Declared Riot.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 70 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release on his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: GREELEY, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed $15,615 in penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The culling of non-native mountain goats from Grand Teton National Park will begin September 14 as part of a management plan to conserve a native and vulnerable population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the Teton Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), and Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) today released the following statements in response to Amtrak President and CEO William Flynn’s commitment to keep jobs in the United States and not send them overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - Daquan Sanders, 20, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 104 months in prison for his involvement in an armed carjacking committed in April 2019. In June 2020, Sanders pled guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Sanders appeared today before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested today and charged with illegal firearm possession and failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A former office manager for a state child support agency admitted in federal court on Friday that she defrauded a state agency, embezzling significant funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Meth Obtained From Members of White Supremacist Gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: MIAMI -- South Florida federal prosecutors have charged 51-year-old Jose Angel Aman, of Washington D.C., with wire fraud, for allegedly operating a fraudulent diamond investment scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Due to the unprecedented fire incidents in Oregon and Washington along with the need to align with state and county campfire restrictions and reduce smoke emissions in already poor air quality conditions, the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park will implement a complete ban on all campfires...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Frank Kelly, age 63, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Aug. 26, 2020, for conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Kelly appeared before United State Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson on September 4, 2020, and pled not guilty to the charge. Trial is scheduled for Nov. 2, 2020, before United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced nearly $50 million in school safety funding through its School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). SVPP provides up to 75 percent funding for school safety measures in and around primary...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - In a letter this week to top Republican tax writers, the Chief Actuary of Social Security affirmed that he was “not aware that anyone has proposed" legislation like Senate Democrats outlined in a recent request, which they subsequently used to spread false and misleading partisan messaging. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following comments after receiving Chief Actuary’s letter.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it will host a webinar on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, to kick-off the 7th annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, Sept. 14-18, 2020.
