News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Fortrell Latrae Sain, 38, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 210 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pled guilty today to defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of 2016 disaster relief funds, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Randall Butler, 46, of Charleston, pled guilty to one count of fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government today approved by voice vote is fiscal year 2021 bill. For fiscal year 2021, the draft bill includes $24.64 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $808 million over the 2020 enacted level. In addition...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka, Kan., man was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for the second degree murder of a woman he was traveling with on a cruise ship vacation, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. July 7, 2020 - Recently reintroduced endangered California condors continue to reoccupy parts of their historic range, including the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and adjacent foothills. Condors were seen atop Moro Rock, a popular hiking destination in Sequoia National Park, in late May. They are back to the towering trees and cliffs of the parks after being absent for nearly 50 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Jerry Harris, age 39, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man, who was previously convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with illegally selling ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted an online roundtable today for community organizations to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in housing, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expands TSA PreCheck™ eligibility to all active Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC®) and Hazardous Materials Endorsement (HME) holders who are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals or lawful permanent residents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department has found reasonable cause to believe the Narcotics Bureau of the Springfield, Mass. Police Department (SPD) engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The investigation was conducted pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and was announced on April 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Used Nearly $60,000 for Major Home Improvement Project, Football Tickets, and Other Personal Expenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously passed legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act, to help nonprofits, state and local governments and federally recognized Tribes remain financially viable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led nine Democrats on the HELP Committee in demanding that Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar rescind his harmful rule excluding LGBTQIA+ patients...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Antonio Henderson, age 30, of San Bernardino, California, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon Leichty upon his plea of guilty to interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell of the Chicago Field Division and United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic and Multi-Specialty Surgery (OCOM), a specialty hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, its part-owner and management company, USP OKC, Inc. and USP OKC Manager, Inc. (collectively USP), Southwest Orthopaedic Specialists, PLLC (SOS), an Oklahoma City-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two men - one from New Jersey and the other from Florida - have been sentenced in federal court on their convictions for violating federal drug laws related to their trafficking of kilograms of cocaine from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) officials announced today that a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Milepost 112.4 to Milepost 115.5 is now open providing access to Explore Park from the north. This section is the northernmost portion of a larger closure put in place in late May after multiple landslides...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced today to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a minor, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. of the Eastern District of North Carolina announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging a Tulsa couple with the forced labor and involuntary servitude of a minor victim, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
