News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Conway County Levee District 6, Morrilton, Arkansas, to help construct and install a permanent stormwater pump station to mitigate flood...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is completing the installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced that RICHARD MENDOZA was charged in an indictment with conspiring to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Sentences. Federal courts have imposed final judgments on two defendants in connection with the unlawful release of asbestos during a commercial renovation project in Cheyenne in 2015. The project involved the building at 2100 Pioneer Avenue, which Dr. Richard S. Cutler had purchased for use as a dental...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who unlawfully possessed a firearm was sentenced yesterday to fifteen years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Derrick McKenzie, 61, of Mount Vernon, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Maasen, 64, of Olivehurst, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Currie, NC- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Moores Creek National Battlefield will not be able to host the annual Candlelight Tour Program this year. However, the park will hold a “virtual" Candlelight Tour beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 21, via Facebook Live, on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/moorescreeknps).
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Assessing networks for potential vulnerabilities is an important responsibility for every organization, and it is especially critical for emergency communications at 9-1-1 centers to identify network security risks. Recently, two U.S. small businesses were awarded a total of $1.96...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.9 million EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to NDC Economic Development Lending, Inc., to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Washington State.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 29, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced over $5.5 million in grants to state partners as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the program integrity of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA is providing $5 million in SNAP Fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment and Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Manager and Owners of Virginia Rental Properties.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Ajo, AZ - The National Park Service is announcing that 11 national park units in Southern Arizona will resume additional visitor services in October, including Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Dr. SHEIKH AHMED, 57, of Orange, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to six months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally prescribing oxycodone, and failing to pay employee withholding taxes to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of JEREMIAH KINGBIRD, 39, to 192 months in prison for second degree murder. KINGBIRD, who pleaded guilty on October 8, 2019, was sentenced today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for livestock grazing in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. Under the approved resource management plan amendment, the monument’s six livestock grazing allotments, all located north of Interstate 8, are available for responsible permitted livestock grazing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Defendant Also Allegedly Embezzled Over $26 Million from Marin-based Property Investment Company.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Ranking Member Chip Roy (R-Texas) opened today’s hearing by emphasizing that Democrats are continuing to perpetuate a false narrative that law enforcement is inherently racist and primarily composed of white supremacists.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan), a New York, New York-based global banking and financial services firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to two distinct schemes to defraud: the first involving tens of thousands of episodes of unlawful trading...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A South Texas doctor has agreed to pay $3,234,900.50 to resolve allegations he fraudulently submitted claims to the Medicare program for medically unnecessary tests and procedures, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
