News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee of Oversight and Reform, held a hearing to examine U.S. cybersecurity preparedness and the bipartisan H.R. 7331, the National Cyber Director Act, which would create the position of a National Cyber Director to lead national-level coordination of cyber strategy and policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Eight Defendants, including Leaders of the Hollywood and Sailors Cliques of MS-13, Charged with Racketeering Offenses including Murders, Attempted Murders, Assaults, Kidnapping Conspiracy and Narcotics Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas remind taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warn against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
Release: Washington - The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today posted the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s final scientific report, an objective review of the latest available science on specific nutrition topics. The report’s evidence-based findings will inform USDA and the U.S. Department...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2020 - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $153 million to build and improve critical community facilities (PDF, 224 KB) to benefit nearly two million rural residents in 23 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Benjamin Jakes-Johnson Committed Crimes While on Supervised Release for Prior Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joseph Lloyd James, 49, of Norfolk, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha to life imprisonment for First Degree Murder in Indian Country by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher. On November 5, 2018, James murdered Phyllis Hunhoff...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has selected Gary Torres as the permanent Canyon Country District Manager. The Canyon Country District, comprised of the Moab and Monticello field offices, manages 3.6 million surface acres providing opportunities for recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and other multiple uses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - Curtis Duncan (30, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Sanh Sunni Thampithak, a/k/a “Allysia" or “Ally", 54, of Anchorage, has been charged with fraud and false statements for preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of other individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 14, 2020, a federal grand jury indictment was issued against Jonathon A. Erickson, a/k/a “Jonathon A. Jimenez" (age: 29) of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 14, 2020, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Jesse K. Bell (age: 32) of Neenah, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Margaret Garnett, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - An investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Las Vegas resulted in the criminal arrest of 11 members and associates of MS-13 Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California. Another six MS-13 members and associates...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on July 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Amy Knight, doing business as Urbana Stockyards (Urbana Stockyards) of Urbana, Mo., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cumberland man who previously admitted to robbing banks in Providence and Pawtucket within a month of one another in mid-summer 2019 was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison.
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: 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 Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Maintenance and repair to Highway 297 in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 14, 2020, and conclude on, or before February 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020) favorably out of Committee, where it now heads to the House Floor for a vote. This legislation provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to carry out water resources development projects and studies, as well as policy direction to the Corps for implementation of its Civil Works missions.
