News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: In Midland this week, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint charging 36-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez and 30-year-old Jose Leonardo Rodriguez-Angeles for a scheme to steal oil in the Andrews County area and transport it to various disposal locations, including one in New Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada, El Paso Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Paicines, CA - Due to the inundation of the national wildfire response system, the lack of trained wildland firefighting staff within the park, and severe fire danger, Pinnacles National Park is implementing a temporary closure of the west unit of the park and all trails except for the Bench and Sycamore trails, effective Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced the unsealing of a Second Superseding Indictment charging the following: Michael Anthony Griffin, Sr. (“MGriffin") 52, of Knightdale, North Carolina; Regina Griffin (MGriffin’s sister), 48, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Angela Griffin (MGriffin’s wife)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two previously deported aliens were indicted separately on September 9, 2020, by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States. These matters arose in counties throughout the District including York, and Lackawanna.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Chicago Public Schools employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to making false statements to the FBI during a criminal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Funding is earmarked to improve school safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has agreed to pay the United States $10 million to settle claims that it improperly charged NIH-funded research grants for time spent by researchers on non-grant related activities such as developing, preparing, and writing new grant applications, teaching, and engaging in other administrative activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Bradley Davis, 32, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with civil disorder for his role in violent protests in the City of Rochester. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) has served as a natural laboratory for research in Late Triassic paleontology and geology for nearly 100 years. With its vast exposures of the fossil rich Chinle Formation, PEFO offers unrivaled paleobiological discoveries used to test a variety...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) raised a series of questions in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following press reports that the agency put out a bid for a more than $250 million communications contract for a COVID-19 public relations campaign in the months leading up to the presidential election.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to promote worker safety and health at the Protective Stadium project site in Birmingham, Alabama. The University of Alabama Safe State Consultation Program is also a signatory to this agreement and provides full support to ensuring worker safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The Department of Justice has received reports that individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are calling members of the public as part of an impostor scam. The Department strongly encourages the public to remain vigilant and not to provide personal information during these calls, which appear to target the elderly.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) raised a series of questions in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following press reports that the agency put out a bid for a more than $250 million communications contract for a COVID-19 public relations campaign in the months leading up to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Daniel J. Trammell Attacked a Letter Carrier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are calling members of the public to get their personal information, U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox warned today.
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 USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Powder River County, Montana, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, California Sept. 11, 2020- The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Clay Jordan to serve as the superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks starting November 8, 2020. Currently, Jordan is the deputy superintendent at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Michael McDonald, a/k/a George Jackson, a/k/a Rabbit, 41, of Buffalo, NY, with four counts of sex trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
