News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter today with 18 Members of Congress to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham seeking an explanation of the administration’s plan to address Puerto Rico’s critically low levels of 2020 Census response. Only 24.9 percent of Puerto Ricans have filled out the Census so far, well short of the state average Census response rate of 61.5 percent.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to the issuance of the GILTI high-tax exception regulations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a new document that outlines how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) negotiated deals to lessen discipline against employees who engaged in misconduct in secret Facebook groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Michael Barry Carter, age 47, of Potomac Falls, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of wire fraud and investment adviser fraud, in connection with a scheme to steal more than $6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on July 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Wesley Hughes, 28, of Greenwood, Mississippi, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on July 14, 2020 and charged with accepting bribes, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst, James F. Boyersmith, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (“DOJ-OIG") Miami Field Office, and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 20, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, to boost their capacity to support regional economic development strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cross Lanes man pled guilty to two federal drug trafficking crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joseph Lee Harper, 35, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing firearms, the first arrest under Operation LeGend, a federal partnership with local law enforcement agencies to address violent crime. “Illegal drugs and illegal guns are a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Concealed Her Membership in Chinese Military.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Philip Riehl used his identity as a member of the Amish and Mennonite religious communities to swindle his fellow brethren.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL VERZELLA, 41, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $240,000 from his non-profit employer and numerous individuals serviced by his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL VERZELLA, 41, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $240,000 from his non-profit employer and numerous individuals serviced by his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Adrian D. Applewhite, a/k/a Boons, 32, of Cheektowaga, NY; along with Ronald L. Morris, a/k/a Cracks, 45, and Carl I. Wilson, Jr., a/k/a Baby C, 35, both of Buffalo, NY, with...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $240,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association, Clarkston, Washington, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Eighteen individuals have been charged in federal court with conspiring to sell heroin or fentanyl-laced heroin on the Northwest Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Court found man attempted to commit murder after bar fight.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Blair County, Pennsylvania, resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh Monday, on charges of interstate transmission of an extortion communication, production and attempted production and receipt and attempted receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation...
