News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Brown, 40, of Alexander, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 17, 2020, Shain A. Chappell, 49, formerly of Johnson City, was sentenced by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, in partnership with the FBI and the AARP in North Carolina, hosted a virtual informational seminar via Facebook Live today, to discuss the rise of online romance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the South Central Economic Development District, Holdrege, Nebraska, 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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NOEL PEREZ, 23, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possession of a firearm.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Chase A. Davis (20, Alva) to six months in federal prison for making a threat over the internet to kill an individual. The court also sentenced Davis to serve 400 hours of community service, to pay $1,440 in restitution to the American Family Association, and to serve a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced the arrests of ANTHONY RICCARDI, PATRICIA RICCARDI, ERIN VERESPY, and VANESSA...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nevada - In keeping with the Trump Administration’s priority of responsibly developing our natural resources and encouraging economic prosperity, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer nine parcels, totaling approximately 14,086 acres, in its December 8, 2020, oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are in Nye County, Nevada. The 30-day comment period on the lease sale environmental assessment (EA) ends August 19.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, senior Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting information on two documents that appear to outline drastic changes to United States Postal Service operations.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Woodland resident has been charged by indictment with distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death and with distributing fentanyl on two separate dates after the overdose death, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Chase A. Davis (20, Alva) to six months in federal prison for making a threat over the internet to kill an individual. The court also sentenced Davis to serve 400 hours of community service, to pay $1,440 in restitution to the American Family Association, and to serve a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles M. Kruly, who is handling the case, stated that prior to April 28, 2019, the defendant agreed to help smuggle an illegal alien from Canada into the United States in exchange for $6,000. On April 28, 2019, while in Ontario, Canada, De Souza and two co-conspirators launched...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Thumb Fire is approximately 6,200 acres. Growth yesterday was primarily in the southern portion of the fire perimeter. Fire behavior was active with single tree torching and surface fire of three to four foot flames where the fire was consuming grass.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NOEL PEREZ, 23, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: “Twice convicted by unanimous juries for abusing his powerful state office to enrich himself, Sheldon Silver will now finally report to prison to begin serving a sentence that can begin to repair the harm his conduct caused to the people of this District and to their trust in local government. I commend...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the opening of civic engagement for the Ackerson Meadow Restoration Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man has pled guilty to a federal drug crime, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stephen Hayden, 51, pled guilty to cultivation of marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, Rochester, New York, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
