News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statements today in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Democrats’ $135 billion energy package.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Theodore Fowler Was Last of Fifteen Defendants to be Sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: MACON - A defendant arrested during “Operation End Game," a multi-agency effort targeting and arresting adult perpetrators in the Athens-area seeking sex with children, was sentenced to prison Wednesday, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Adrian Kiraly, a/k/a “Bighi,"Andrei Andrei, a/k/a “Tony," Bogdan Ardei, Nelu Onica, Vergiu Corneliu Galbenu, a/k/a “Cornel," Ovidiu Meczak, a/k/a “Ovi," Nedal Al-Khomos, Ovidiu Gabriel Musteata...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today notified Congress of its intent to transfer ownership of federal irrigation facilities and lands to two local irrigation districts that currently operate and maintain the southeastern Idaho’s Minidoka Project. The transfer to Minidoka Irrigation District and...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Paicines, CA -The west entrance of Pinnacles National Park will reopen beginning Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. All park trails remain closed except for the Bench and Sycamore trails due to high fire danger and the overloading of the national wildland fire response system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Maroquez Clah, 28, of Red Valley, Arizona, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty September 21 to an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Elijah Nathanial Salazar, age 22, of Colorado Springs, and a Rolling 60s gang member, was sentenced to serve 60 months (5 years) in federal prison followed by 3 years on supervised release for possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The Denver Division of the FBI joined in this announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kristy Lynn Felkins, 36, of Fallon, Nevada, was indicted today for a murder-for-hire plot, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at protecting patients with pre-existing conditions and putting an end to surprise medical bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Breaux Bridge, Shreveport and Alexandria, Louisiana Men Sentenced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: GRAND CANYON, Ariz.- Effective Sept. 24, 2020, the National Park Service (NPS) will shut off water to the Supai Tunnel water filling station on the North Kaibab Trail for the remainder of the season. This adjustment is in response to an ongoing water pump failure at the Roaring Springs Pumphouse.Water filling stations will continue to be available at the following locations along the North Kaibab and Bright Angel trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Antonio Wright, 33, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The crimes are alleged to have occurred May 10, 2020, in Johnson County, Kan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: TERRE HAUTE - DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Michael Gannon said, “On Sept. 15, 2020, an alert citizen noticed six duffle bags in the grass area off of Interstate-70 East by mile marker 37 (halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Indiana). Upon receiving the information, members of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: FBI, Partners Seeking Information on Double Homicide; Up to $10,000 Reward Available.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Alicia Renee Coleman, 51, of Rock Hill, pleaded guilty in federal court to obstruction of justice.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights by preventing a president from using emergency powers to unilaterally take control over or deny access to the internet and other telecommunications capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging Andre Ricardo Briscoe, a/k/a Poo, age 37, of Baltimore and Cambridge, Maryland, with federal drug distribution charges, use of a firearm to commit murder in relation to the drug trafficking crimes, killing a witness to prevent communication with law enforcement, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
