News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 21, 2020, a federal grand jury handed down an indictment alleging that Dale L. Bauwens II (age: 34) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, distributed child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(2)(A).
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations today issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cory Davonta Smith, Jr., of Barberton, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Bacterial levels in water samples taken at Princess Cove and North Arizona Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave exceeded local, state and National Park Service standards for recreational activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - James Wilkins, 30, has been sentenced to 102 months in federal prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SENTENCING - ZODERICK JACKSON. On July 20, Zoderick Jackson, 50, was sentenced to five and a half years for possession with the intent to distribute a cocaine base. Jackson package crack cocaine into eleven small baggies. He met two confidential sources at his home in Greenville, Texas where he sold...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Reward Increased to up to $50,000 on Fifth Anniversary of Explosions at Las Cruces Churches.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - One year ago today, on July 31st, 2019, a Navy Super Hornet jet crashed near Rainbow Canyon in Death Valley National Park, killing the pilot and injuring several visitors who were viewing the aircraft training at low altitudes through the canyon. Over the last year, park and Navy officials have worked together to pay tribute to the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Charles Z. Walker, and remove debris from the area near the Father Crowley Vista Point.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - James Wilkins, 30, has been sentenced to 102 months in federal prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $200,000 and abide by compliance requirements in connection with any application seeking federal grant funds or cooperative agreements with any federal agency. The settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Blake Spears, age 39, of Westmere, Town of Guilderland, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploiting a child.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - The 2020 irrigation operations season on the Milk River will be ramping down for all junior Milk River irrigators 45 days sooner than normal due to water supply shortages directly related to the repair work of St. Mary Canal infrastructure. Stored water released from Fresno Reservoir...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), and Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the “Prevent Federal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Treasury Department’s regulations on carried interest...
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
Release: REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS. Cyprus is the eastern-most member of the European Union (EU), situated at the crossroads of three continents - Europe, Africa, and Asia - and thus occupies a strategic place in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Republic of Cyprus (ROC) eagerly welcomes foreign direct investment ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7617, which included an amendment offered by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, to stop the new Postmaster General’s drastic changes to the Postal Service from being implemented and maintain the mail service Americans deserve.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With the $600 per week federal boost to unemployment benefits expiring today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., hosted a press conference call with MomsRising and workers to call for the $600 to be reinstated and highlight the devastating effects on workers and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Dauphin County Prison guard, Addie Isaac Reid, age 24, of Harrisburg, PA, was indicted on July 2, 2020, for bribery related to trying to smuggle a cellular telephone into Dauphin County Prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- Joel Bellegarde, 30, of Doral, Florida, was arrested and charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, for submitting fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits to the State of Oklahoma, benefits which were intended for Oklahoma residents who had lost their jobs due to the economic impact of COVID-19.
