News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jason Benton Barcus, of Ellamore, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, AL. - On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Jimmy Allen Monk, a 60-year-old resident of Elmore County and former PrimeSouth Bank president, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special Agent...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), applauded the U.S. Department of the Interior's proposed rule defining “habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Firearm by Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 27, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that six individuals have been arrested pursuant to a federal indictment alleging money laundering violations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - On Friday, July 31, Everglades National Park will temporarily close park entrances and visitor facilities at 7 p.m. in preparation for Hurricane Isaias for the safety of visitors and staff. Park concession-operated boat tours, services and rentals will also suspend operations on Friday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A multiple-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Alexandria charging Darnell Fulton, 36, with forced labor, conspiracy, and transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced David C. Joseph, United States Attorney for the Western...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) expressed their deep concerns over racial disparities in the administration of the tax code as well as in the implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Three Individuals Charged for Alleged Roles in Twitter Hack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Matthew Scott Collins, of Stonewood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration for a firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Officers Seized 35 Firearms, Nearly Three Kilos of Meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, yesterday announced that Pensacola resident Howell E. Camp, 58, pled guilty to carrying a concealed firearm and possession of firearms on federal property, stemming from a May 6 incident at the Department...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Eagle Lake and Applegate field offices in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra, Shasta and Siskiyou counties in California and in Washoe County, Nevada. The restrictions go into effect Saturday, Aug. 1, and will remain in effect until further notice. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to the year-round statewide fire prevention order issued on April 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of two indictments charging nine individuals involved with drug trafficking organizations operating in Daytona Beach. The first indictment charges Matthew Zachariah Humphrey (25, Daytona Beach) and Janee Reve Najee Kelly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Florida Doctor Charged in Massive $681 Million Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brian Larry, age 56, of Clark’s Summit, Pennsylvania, and Jason Pannone, age 39, of North Providence, Rhode Island, were indicted on July 28, 2020, by a federal grand jury on fraud and identity theft offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adrian Grier, 44, of Jackson, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and an $8,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Toledo Public Schools to Resolve Complaints of Race and Disability Discrimination in Student Discipline.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today it is seeking public comment on the draft environmental impact statement for the Boise River Basin Feasibility Study. Reclamation and the Idaho Water Resource Board have been studying options for increasing water storage capacity within the Boise River System through an ongoing feasibility study.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 21, 2020, a federal grand jury handed down an indictment alleging that Dale L. Bauwens II (age: 34) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, distributed child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2)(A).
