News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Julius Hamilton Washington, 29, of Summerville, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in a series of armed robberies that culminated in a high speed chase and shots fired at South Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Starkey, age 29, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to 61 months in prison for his convictions on multiple charges relating to his participation in cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracies, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Ray Donovan, Special Agent...
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 Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Federal subsistence permits for hunts in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be available starting Monday, July 27. Due to ongoing public health advisories and staffing delays related to Covid-19, the permitting process has been adapted to ensure the safety of permit applicants and park staff.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: On Friday, in an effort to hasten and strengthen America’s recovery from the economic crisis driven by coronavirus lockdowns, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) launched a sweeping inquiry into government regulations and their impacts on recovery, going back to the global financial crisis of 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, Harley Bressman, age 46, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Bressman was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs in North Carolina that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN BARCO, 36, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Two Kalamazoo men face up to life in prison following their guilty pleas to multiple drug and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge. Trevon Gates (age 21) and Deonte Gates (age 19) were scheduled for trial on July 14, 2020 and instead pled guilty to their charges, which included conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of the methamphetamine conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Efforts to combat COVID-19 fraud by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have been featured on NBC’s Today Show and ABC’s Good Morning America in recent months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Joshua Z. Dortch, 29, today to 14 ½ years in federal prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Dortch previously pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during that robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Monday, July 13, 2020, Brent Rawson, age 55, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 188 months in prison for receipt of child pornography. Rawson was ordered to serve eight years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
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: ComEd Admits Arranging Jobs and Contracts for Political Allies of High-Level State of Illinois Official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging three alleged members of the Real Ryte set of the Bloods street gang with crimes related to their participation in acts of violence, including the attempted murder of a gang rival that left an unintended target with gunshot wounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Jonathan Parker as the new permanent superintendent of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, New York. Parker will begin his new assignment on Aug. 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - Larry Junior Hillbroom, 36, Morgan Kenney, 34, and Sean RoberWathen, 48, all of Hope, Idaho, were arrested on July 15, 2020, on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charge stem from a June 16, 2020 indictment filed in U.S. District Court by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger and Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Brian D. Miller today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Ray Donovan, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Nathaniel Myers, a/k/a Stretch, 26, and Robert Fletcher, 29, both of Buffalo, NY, were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
