News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson, 39, has now been indicted for theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud. Robinson was previously charged in this matter by a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. On Thursday, July 30...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: 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 Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau is working to complete data collection as soon as possible, as it strives to comply with the law by delivering a complete and accurate count of every person living in the country by the statutory deadline. We are currently evaluating our operations to enable the Census Bureau to provide this data in the most expeditious manner and when those plans have been finalized we will make an announcement.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $850,000 grant to the city of Hooks, Texas, to make critical wastewater infrastructure improvements needed to support business development and economic growth in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone. The EDA grant project will be matched with $212,500 in local funds and is expected to create 250 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Modesto couple was indicted today by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Tom Medema, currently acting Associate Director for Interpretation, Education and Volunteers in Washington, D.C., has been named acting Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve, effective Aug. 16, 2020. He will replace Deputy Superintendent, Denice Swanke, who has served at the park since 2016, and who has also been acting Superintendent since November 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked for health care workers to submit their experiences trying to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The Justice Department reached an agreement with Spencer East Brookfield Regional School District in Spencer, Mass. to resolve the Department’s lawsuit alleging disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Ferrone, 28, of Utica, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District David G. Larimer to three counts of bank robbery. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: A Clinton Township man was arraigned today on an indictment with robbing a pharmacy and other related offenses, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Corning woman was arrested in Dublin today for a refund‑fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In a small and virtual signing ceremony today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signed a patent transferring just over 2,000 acres at Point Spencer to Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Corning woman was arrested in Dublin today for a refund‑fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Brandon Bird, age 41, of Omaha, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 120 months in prison for bank robbery. Bird was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his term of imprisonment and pay a $100 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Danvers man was sentenced today for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Glen Zinszer is Alleged Not to Have Declared Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Income on His Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 49-year-old Cass County, Texas, man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG - Dr. James Patrick Lewis, of Fairview, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three months incarceration for a fraud charge involving West Virginia University, the Department of Justice announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Regulators and airport operators from across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East have joined forces to promote the introduction of open architecture in airport security systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2020
News Release: Civil forfeiture action filed against five properties where hundreds of marijuana plants were discovered.
