News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that John Buncich, age 74, of Crown Point, Indiana was re-sentenced before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody. This re-sentencing flowed from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals June 5, 2019 decision upholding Buncich’s conviction on two wire fraud counts (Counts 4-5) and one bribery count (Count 6).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Carson City, Nev - The BLM, Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office, is seeking input that will be used to prepare an Environmental Assessment to analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects for a proposal from Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) to construct, operate, and maintain an underground water main and pump station in the Toll Road area, in Washoe County, Nevada. Public comments will be accepted through Aug. 22, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: KATHERINE LANDING, Arizona - Water quality levels at Arizona’s Princess Cove on Lake Mohave have returned to normal. The swim advisory at this location has been lifted.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BAKER, NV - A fire ban will be implemented on August 7, 2020 to protect visitors and park resources during a very dry summer. Much of Great Bain National Park is experiencing severe drought this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: The FBI is Seeking the Public’s Assistance on the Identities of the Suspects Involved in a Theft at a CVS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on August 4, 2020, Alexander P. Bebris (age: 50) of Neenah, Wisconsin, entered a guilty plea to a charge of distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12), Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04), Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) led 127 other Members of Congress in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi requesting strong support for the United States Postal Service in forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that the State of South Carolina received $500,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jeffrey Blackwell, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to charges of honest services wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and two counts of failure to file a tax return. The defendant was charged by Superseding Indictment in September 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that that James Lee, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that six defendants have been charged by complaint and two other defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a transnational drug trafficking ring that stretched from Mexico to Buffalo.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today, House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa of California and Ranking Member David Rouzer of North Carolina, joined by Full Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota, Ranking Member K.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former inmate of the Chesapeake City Jail was sentenced today to over two years in prison for conspiring to bribe a Chesapeake Sheriff’s Deputy to smuggle contraband, including cocaine and heroin, into the Chesapeake City Jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to making a telephonic threat to burn down an African American church in Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jonathan James Rodriguez, 37, of Sonora, was arraigned Tuesday for receipt and distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to making a telephonic threat to burn down an African American church in Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Kidnapping Part of Attempt to Collect Drug Debt From His Mother.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: TAMPA - A Florida man was sentenced August 4 to two years and nine months in federal prison for theft of government property and smuggling goods from the United States, in violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom has announced that repairs to the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail in Wellfleet are complete, and the entire trail is once again open to the public. The trail meanders through a white cedar swamp that is an isolated remnant of an ecosystem created after the last ice age, and normally found in mid-Canada or further north.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio presented awards to honor exceptional advocacy, support and legal work on behalf of the district's six million residents in 2019.
