News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: A Tulsa man has been charged with child neglect after he allegedly left his two children unsupervised for more than four hours, at which time the children gained access to his parked vehicle where they were later found deceased.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas priest who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The defendant also was ordered to pay $5,000 under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Hallandale Beach Today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brandis Nicole Fish, age 36, of Henryetta, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 years to not more than 40 years imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND - A former corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Federal Correctional Institution in Petersburg was sentenced yesterday to 54 months in prison for willfully making false statements to federal agents during a federal criminal civil rights investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK FELNER, 31, of Clinton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to one count of receipt of child pornography stemming from his interactions with an underage victim in 2015 and 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it will begin following up with households in select areas that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 21-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charging 13 leaders, members, and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13," with violation of the federal “Kingpin" statute and multiple drugs and firearms offenses, including transporting bulk quantities of methamphetamine from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 Homeland Security bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation provides annual funding for the components of the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Robert Bresee, age 57, of Norwich, New York, was sentenced today to 180 months (15 years) in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian man was sentenced to prison today for paying approximately $200,000 to conspire with others to secure his children’s admission to college by cheating on their college entrance exams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A 24-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Central Islip charging eight members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13," with multiple racketeering offenses in connection with six murders, two attempted murders, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that eight individuals have been arrested in the Eastern District of Texas pursuant to a federal indictment which alleges drug and money laundering violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal indictment has been unsealed charging an MS-13 leader in El Salvador with a racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists based on his role as a leader of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration, the National Park Service, and National Park Foundation invite everyone to join in the celebration for Latino Conservation Week from July 18 through 26. Launched by the Hispanic Access Foundation in 2014, the week provides in-person and virtual opportunities to engage with public lands, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Three Alachua County men, each with multiple prior felony convictions, were sentenced in late June, 2020, to federal prison terms ranging from 5 to 17 years followed by supervised release for firearm and drug offenses. United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentences.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - Enjoy MothaPalooza, a virtual family-friendly event, and learn about some of the extraordinary moths which only live in the world’s largest gypsum dunefield at White Sands National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - John Rabago, 44, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi to 48 months of imprisonment for his role in violating an individual’s constitutional rights. In December 2019, Rabago pled guilty to one count of conspiring to deprive a person of his civil rights, and to one count of acting under color of law to deprive the same individual of his rights.
