News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Embezzled $54,254.07 from the Waterloo Education Association and gambled the majority of the money away.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwaine Parker, 27, and Michael Woods, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and each charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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. ROLENC...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U. S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Ginger Lynn Cunningham, 39, formerly of Hendersonville and currently residing in Brevard, to 14 months in prison yesterday, for selling fake title insurance policies, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Cunningham was ordered to serve three years under court supervision and to pay $412,344 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that five Kyle, South Dakota, men and women have been arrested by a complaint for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 46-year-old Laredo man has been charged with using the personal information of deceased individuals in online loan scam, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brian Johnson, 35, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today for his role in defrauding Howard University out of more than $100,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin and James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s June jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND- Ruby Toosevich a/k/a Ruby Marie Lewis, 55, of Lansing, Illinois, was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody following her plea of guilty to bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jonathan Brownlee, age 42, of Long Pond, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on July 16, 2020, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department has filed seven lawsuits seeking the forfeiture of real estate, a private jet, a yacht and additional assets purchased with public funds allegedly embezzled by former high-level officials in Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense (MOD), part of which were transferred to California bank accounts operated by the son of a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd"), the largest electric utility in Illinois, has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a years-long bribery scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced William Keith Leonhart, 41, of Franklin, N.C., to 154 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for robbing at gunpoint an Asheville bank, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA -- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, Michael Sutton, age 47, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 147 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Sutton was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., yesterday asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to create a comprehensive public database of funds distributed from the CARES Act to health care providers in the effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter comes after Wyden previously called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake a similar effort.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, legislation to expand the availability of quality child care, help workers return to their jobs when it is safe, and enable America’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 recession.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Mineral, CA - The area in Lassen Volcanic National Park closed to backcountry camping due to black bear(s) obtaining food has expanded. The area east of Lassen National Park Highway (CA State Highway 89), Hat Creek, and Kings Creek is closed to overnight backpacking use. This closure does not impact day use including hiking and stock use or camping within developed campgrounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will begin distributing $10 billion in relief funding to hospitals in areas highly impacted by COVID-19 cases starting next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Scott Smith will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s Election Day Program for the upcoming August 6, 2020, primary election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: HELENA-A pharmacy in Ennis, Montana settled potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act by agreeing to several substantive changes to its practices and paying a fine of $125,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
