News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today returned a 34-count indictment against Jose Huizar, an elected member of the Los Angeles City Council, on charges that he led a criminal enterprise where he used his powerful position at City Hall to enrich himself and his close associates, and unlawfully gave favorable treatment to developers who financed and facilitated bribes and other illicit financial benefits.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today introduced the Ukraine Security Partnership Act to provide security assistance and strategic support to Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Somerset, Ky., man, Rodney Scott Phelps, 58, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiring to commit wire fraud and committing wire fraud by perpetrating a complex Ponzi scheme. Phelps was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,437,875.30.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Two High-Ranking Mexican Law Enforcement Officials Working Under Garcia Luna.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: For Distribution of Crack Cocaine. HAMMOND-Leonardo Verduzco, 26, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Theresa L. Springmann to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to distribution of crack cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Brian Richard Sanders, 66, of Laurel, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, to the unlawful possession of an explosive destructive device not registered in the national firearms registration and transfer record, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent-in-Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We write to express our serious concern with the Department of Labor’s (the “Department") proposal relating to financial factors in selecting plan investments, specifically a fiduciary’s consideration of environmental, social, or governance (“ESG") factors in ERISA-governed retirement...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2020-The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it will continue field evaluation of the oral rabies vaccine (ORV) bait ONRAB in five states. This year’s field evaluation is part of a multi-year study addressing operational ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: The microorganism that causes anthrax, the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, has infected people and animals since ancient times. Even though anthrax is rare, it is a severe infectious disease with a death rate ranging from 25% to 80% if medical treatment is not sought early. According to the Centers for...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - An administrative law judge with the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld citations and penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) against Timberline Hardwood Floors LLC, a custom hardwood-flooring manufacturer that falsely claimed to have corrected previously cited hazards. The judge's decision also orders the company to pay $166,265 in penalties for all violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kulvir Singh Cheema, 59, of Ripon, pleaded guilty today to filing a false bankruptcy declaration, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kwashie Ajavon, 33, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and/or ammunition, was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, the second minibus of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A superseding indictment was returned today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Genaro Garcia Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. Luis Cardenas Palomino and Ramon Pequeno Garcia, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Two owners of a Garland chiropractic clinic were sentenced yesterday to 37 months in federal prison and ordered to repay approximately $350,000 for tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gulf Islands National Seashore is increasing recreational access at the Fort Pickens Campground. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide 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 USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has indicted the Ohio Speaker of the House in a federal racketeering conspiracy involving approximately $60 million paid to a 501(c)(4) entity to pass and uphold a billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout. The 43-page indictment was returned on July 29 and filed today.
