News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: While Cuomo Continues TV Tour, President Trump is Delivering Help to America’s Nursing Homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: FBI Statement on Agent-Involved Shooting. On Friday, July 17, 2020, at approximately 9:45 a.m., FBI agents were serving a federal arrest warrant at a house in the 5700 block of Hirondel Street in South Houston. The warrant was for an individual wanted for 18 U.S.C. § 2251- Sexual Exploitation of Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the straw purchase of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, was found guilty on all counts - three felony drug offenses - by a jury of his peers today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Ralph Weathington, Jr., 28, was found guilty of distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of fentanyl, and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Thursday, July 16, 2020, Matthew Carson, age 37, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to a total of 10 years in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - Matthew Orasco, 40, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for the offenses of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and felon in possession of a firearm. Orasco appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 126,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: New York, New York - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Castle Clinton National Monument is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Central Falls man arrested in connection with a shooting in Pawtucket in April 2020, which was caught on video and left a parked car riddled with bullets, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the filing of an Information charging DAVID HU, a managing partner...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 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 Greater Portland Council of Governments, Portland, Maine, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The Internal Revenue Service wrapped up its annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of tax scams with a special emphasis on aggressive and evolving schemes related to coronavirus tax relief, including Economic Impact Payments. The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa urge taxpayers to be vigilant to these tax scams.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park will observe the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan in the waning days of World War II in 1945. As a result of COVID-19, the park has tailored the commemoration events to provide virtual activities to honor these significant events in world history and reflect on the many wartime sacrifices and losses. The following online activities and events are scheduled.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2020 -In partnership with tribes across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced additional food for families in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increased food assistance will temporarily supplement the monthly food package FDPIR households currently receive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a three count federal indictment charging KEEGAN JAMAAL ROLENC, 28, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.1 ROLENC ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging DAMARLO MARCELLE WEST, 27, with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. WEST made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: A Virginia man who sent harassing and intimidating emails directed toward Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and his family made an initial appearance in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Ilan T. Graff, Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced that SOHRAB SHARMA, a/k/a “Sam Sharma," pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger to conspiring to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, Larry Schneckloth, age 47, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 110 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl. Schneckloth was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
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