News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A former U. S. Postal Service worker who admitted going through mail and stealing cash and gift cards from envelopes was sentenced on Sept. 3 to two years of probation, fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $2,065 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement that, after collecting extensive data from carriers, it has determined $1.6 billion is needed to fund the “rip and replace" program enacted as part of the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Florida man for his role in a scheme to install and maintain a network of electronic skimming equipment at gas stations across New England, in order to steal thousands of customers’ debit and credit card account numbers and other personally identifying information.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Yellow Pine Solar Project, which is proposed to be located on BLM-managed land 10 miles southeast of Pahrump and approximately 32 miles west of Las Vegas.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an unlawfully present Honduran man charged with sexual assault on a child at Denver International Airport Sept. 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - During the early-morning hours of September 4, 2020, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Chwudi Nnebedum on an outstanding warrant from the Newark Municipal Court of Newark, NJ for Attempted Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: BOISE - A federal jury sitting in Boise convicted Edward Eric Behrens, 42, of Boise, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The trial began on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, and concluded Thursday evening when the jury returned their verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: FBI Charlotte Encourages Safe Online Learning for Students, Teachers, and Parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Samuel Friedman (45, Land O’ Lakes) to four years in federal prison for health care fraud. The court also ordered Friedman to forfeit his interests in real property as well as a bank account containing nearly $475,000, which were traceable to proceeds of the offense. Restitution was ordered in the amount of $3.42 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, today announced that Michaelo Moore of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, followed by supervised release, after pleading guilty on June 25, 2020, to conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal indictment unsealed Friday morning charges Nan Ma, 37, of Washington, Utah, with using his position and authority as the officer in charge of production and sourcing at a home audio products company in Hurricane, Utah, to solicit and obtain kickbacks for his personal benefit from Chinese companies. Ma is a Chinese citizen with legal permanent resident status in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) called on the U.S. aviation community to continue working together toward full, safe, and effective implementation of small aircraft pilot medical reforms at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Sept. 2, 2020, a Springfield woman who owned several durable medical equipment stores in Oregon was sentenced to federal prison for defrauding six health insurance plans of approximately $1.3 million and for evading $99,000 in federal income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: The Woodlands, TX-Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the July jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Margaret Everson, Counselor to the Secretary, exercising the delegated authority of the National Park Service Director, announced Joy Beasley as the permanent Associate Director of Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Wednesday, September 9, at 11 a.m. via Cisco Webex video conferencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Nathan Steven Larsen, 30, of Lincoln, was sentenced on September 4, 2020 by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A man who claimed his status as a “sovereign citizen" made him exempt from obeying the law will spend the next nine years in federal prison for illegally carrying a gun.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement that, after collecting extensive data from carriers, it has determined $1.6 billion is needed to fund the “rip and replace" program enacted as part of the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation recently selected the Sun River Bridge Replacement Project to receive proposed funds of $1.77 million in 2023 under the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP).
