News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Defendants Ordered to Pay More Than $200,000 in Restitution and Forfeiture.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper, it has the potential to create complex structures with nanometer-scale precision. Because many gels are compatible with living cells, the new method could jump-start the production of soft tiny medical devices such as drug delivery systems or flexible electrodes that can be inserted into the human body.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An El Dorado Springs, Missouri, woman and a North Plainfield, New Jersey, man were sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CRYSTAL LEANN RODRIGUEZ, 28, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 300 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, as well as possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A National Cleanup Workshop panel of DOE leaders and local, community, and contractor representatives focused on the benefits and successes of EM’s hallmark Strategic Vision document released earlier this year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - On Sept. 21, 2020 a waterline replacement project began in Tonto National Monument. During the duration of the project, the trail to the Upper Cliff Dwelling will be inaccessible and all tours to the Upper Cliff Dwelling will be canceled. In addition, the Cactus Patch trail and sections of the Visitor Center parking lot will be closed. Parking may be limited, especially for large vehicles or during weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Daniel Augustine Solis, 28, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 30 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for bank robbery. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker also imposed a period of supervised release of 3 years and ordered Solis to pay $7038.50, in restitution.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - EM workers on Sept. 16 safely tore down the ninth of 10 buildings scheduled for demolition at the Radioactive Materials Handling Facility (RMHF) at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) in Ventura County. The building was used for administrative functions, low-level waste...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeffery Lee Davis, 58, of Trenton, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute more than 5 grams of actual methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: 21 defendants face federal drug and gun charges following DEA investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Videos include minors filmed during medical examinations.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -Randy Eignor, age 50, of Rotterdam, New York, pled guilty today to attempted online enticement of a minor.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Yaasiyn Brown, a 27-year old Philadelphia man.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to make available $122 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: More than 200 defendants charged with federal crimes under Operation Legend in St. Louis.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today admonished the House Democrats’ continuing resolution (CR), which denies funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) implementation of Farm Bill and COVID-19 relief programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to six years in prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiring to defraud over 20 financial institutions.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty today to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Newton, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at 9:00 am ET, House Democratic Chairs will hold a press event on major reforms package to protect our democracy.