News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A former Valdosta State University employee is in custody, charged by criminal complaint for sending threatening emails to victims at universities across the country. Shawn Charles Merdinger, 50, of Lake Park, Georgia, had an initial appearance today at 2:30 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A man has confessed to marking multiple sites in Death Valley National Park with graffiti. Charges are pending.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Drew H. Wrigley joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, "Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 20, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Arizona and Illinois have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (PEBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Sold Firearms to Members of a Drug Trafficking Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - El Fiscal Federal de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow y el Elder Justice Task Force (EJTF, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciaron hoy el lanzamiento de una iniciativa de toma de pruebas COVID-19 a todos los residentes y empleados en los hogares y centros...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent was sentenced on April 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Daniel Arushanov, 27, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to impersonating an officer or employee of the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, "Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A resident of Salisbury, North Carolina, was sentenced today by a federal judge sitting in Greensboro on a charge of distributing heroin, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Senator Wyden: The Department of Labor (Department) received your letter regarding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Department welcomes another opportunity to provide insight into previous, current, and...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Lake Meredith National Recreation Area staff have located and recovered the boat belonging to the hunter that went missing on Dec. 15, 2019. Ryan Kennedy had been hunting at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and called to tell family he had killed a deer and would be breaking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that his Office will be celebrating National Crime Victims’ Rights Week this week, April 19-25. National Crime Victims’ Rights Week creates an opportunity for communities to raise awareness of victims’ rights and services, celebrate the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina and the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime will join communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced today Charlton Christian Allen, 37, of Monroe, N.C. to 42 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release, for dealing in firearms without a license and possession of a machine gun, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives today called on ATF’s National Response Team to begin a joint investigation of the fire that destroyed a large portion of a strip mall located at 3420 Clemson Blvd., Anderson, S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
