News from August 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: A Claremore man was sentenced today in federal court for distribution and receipt of child pornography and for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: The Blue Ridge Humane Society and Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site are partnering to launch a B.A.R.K. Ranger Program at Sandburg, as part of continuing shared efforts to promote dog and human safety on local trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Martin Sheehan, 28, of Nashua, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested on Friday and charged in connection with spray painting swastikas on the JFK Federal Building in Boston.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued the following statement on the Democrats’ unilateral decision to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC- Congressmen Michael McCaul and Eliot Engel, Republican Leader and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on Belarus expelling journalists covering the ongoing protests...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mark Anthony Hill, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation residing in of Smith Lake, New Mexico, appeared in federal court in Albuquerque today on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. A U.S. magistrate judge ordered him held in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE - James Gould, Jr. was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, and ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: GATE CITY, Va., Aug. 31, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $9 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Stewart Williams, age 37, of Baltimore, to 77 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal robbery charge in connection with a series of four robberies of video game stores committed ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Beginning mid-September, the Elk Creek Visitor Center of Curecanti National Recreation Area will be undergoing a complete rehabilitation of all interior spaces as well as improvements to the east end of the parking area. The visitor center will be closed for a short transition period as staff migrates...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Cornelius Riley, 44, of Dover, was sentenced on August 26 to 100 months in federal prison for distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute heroin, after being convicted by a jury in May of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - Daniel McMahon, 32, was sentenced today in federal court in the Western District of Virginia to 41 months of imprisonment for threatening an African-American Charlottesville City Council candidate because of his race and because he was running for office, and for cyberstalking...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of escaped prisoners Antoine Thomas and Michael Bolden.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park woman who owned massage parlors in Olathe and Leawood pleaded guilty today to a federal interstate prostitution charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Joshua Noah Sams (20, Orange Park) with interference of interstate commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during a robbery. If convicted, Sams faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in ...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), per Foxx’s urging, announced it will extend nationwide school nutrition program waivers through the end of the calendar year...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Over the past year, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has charged more than 9,500 cases, which include more than 2,500 felony cases. Specifically, with regard to the spike in protest-related violence throughout the District this summer, the Office aggressively...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2020
News Release: Head of New York Medical Clinics Sentenced to 156 Months in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering and Health Care Kickbacks Scheme.
