News published on Federal Newswire in August 2020

News from August 2020


U.S. Department of Justice Confirms Federal Civil Rights Investigation Into Shooting of Mr. Jacob Blake

News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Eric S. Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, confirmed this evening that, as indicated in a press conference held earlier today by Wisconsin Attorney General...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to six EDA Economic Development District organizations in Washington to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.


Cuban fugitive facing drug charges caught after allegedly trying to flee US by boat

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Cuban national has made another appearance in federal court following the return of a superseding indictment related to the distribution of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has permanently barred two individuals and two companies that transmitted massive volumes of fraudulent robocalls from operating as intermediate voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) carriers conveying telephone calls into the U.S.


Post Storm National Seashore Reopening

News Release: Gulf Breeze, FL. - Gulf Islands National Seashore crews were able to complete assessments this morning which revealed that J. Earl Bowden Way (Hwy. 399) is safe for traffic and will remain open. Fort Pickens Road has several inches of water and some sand. Staff anticipate that the water on Fort Pickens...


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of TNUZA JAMAL HASSAN, 22, to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (al-Qa’ida). HASSAN entered her guilty plea this morning before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


News Release: Nevada Man Charged with Using COVID-Relief Funds to Buy House.


Camden County Man Admits Role in Government Benefits Fraud Scheme

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme that netted tens of thousands of dollars in government funds using fraudulently procured electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.


News Release: Second Government Contracting Executive Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Involving PBGC Contracts.


Two Individuals Charged in 23-Count Indictment Alleging Prescription Drug Kickbacks, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Aug. 25, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-three count indictment against David Guerrero (age: 41) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Alexander Shister (age: 51) of Mequon, Wisconsin.


Moss Point Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison under Project EJECT for Heroin and Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Raphael Donzell Johnson, Jr., 40, of Moss Point, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr, to 210 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Johnson was also ordered to pay a $9,000 fine.


News Release: Defendant Arrested After Sending Undercover Agent Sexually Explicit Videos Involving Minors.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence resident pleaded guilty today to sexually exploiting two children under four years of age.


Minneapolis Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to al Qaeda

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of TNUZA JAMAL HASSAN, 22, to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (al-Qa’ida). HASSAN entered her guilty plea this morning before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PENH KANG (“KANG"), age 41, of Covington, Louisiana, was charged by a bill of information on Aug. 25, 2020 with Making a False Declaration, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 152(3).


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerald Ungerer, age 33, of Milford, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Aug. 25, 2020, by a federal grand jury and charged with multiple child exploitation crimes.


Two Individuals Charged in 23-Count Indictment Alleging Prescription Drug Kickbacks, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Aug. 25, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-three count indictment against David Guerrero (age: 41) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Alexander Shister (age: 51) of Mequon, Wisconsin.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart today announced the takedown of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing meth, heroin and marijuana in Kanawha and Fayette Counties. The takedown is the result of a long-term investigation, dubbed “Second Wave," led by the...


News Release: The park joins fellow National Park Service sites and other landmarks across the country in participating in “Forward Into Light," which is led by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. “Forward Into Light" is a phrase most famously associated with the banner carried by suffragist Inez Milholland in the May 4, 1911, New York City suffrage parade. It became a popular rallying cry for women suffragists.


Nashville Man Facing Federal Charges In Pharmacy Robbery

News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 26, 2020 - A criminal complaint was unsealed yesterday charging David Powell, aka Dawud Powell, 29, of Nashville, with armed robbery of a pharmacy and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.