News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Sunday, July 26, 2020, marked the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA), a critical civil rights law that aims to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adrian Grier, 44, of Jackson, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and an $8,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of two indictments charging nine individuals involved with drug trafficking organizations operating in Daytona Beach. The first indictment charges Matthew Zachariah Humphrey (25, Daytona Beach) and Janee Reve Najee Kelly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old man has been charged with mail fraud after allegedly receiving nearly $100,000 in fraudulent benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Union County, New Jersey, man for persuading, inducing and enticing numerous female victims to travel in interstate or foreign commerce to engage in prostitution and other sexual acts, often by use of force, violence and threats, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brett Lamar Heinbach, age 38, of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 27, 2020, to 97 months’ imprisonment followed by four years supervised release by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released core guidance documentation for the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) program, developed to assist agencies in protecting modern information technology architectures and services.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA- Flight 93 National Memorial will continue to remember the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The National Park Service (NPS) is planning a shortened remembrance to honor the courage and heroism displayed by the passengers and crew members nineteen years ago and will observe the day while also providing for the health and safety of visitors, the Families of Flight 93, volunteers and staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: A Palm Beach County, Florida doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation in a massive years-long health care fraud scheme throughout Palm Beach County, billing for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eleven residents in the Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Joseph, Missouri, areas have been added to a federal indictment that now charges a total of 25 defendants for their roles in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 520 kilograms of methamphetamine over three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DR. ANDREW J. VAN ATTA, age 37, from Wasilla, Alaska, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a fraudulent scheme in which VAN ATTA impersonated other doctors while submitting paid surveys.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Wichita to trafficking in fentanyl and heroin, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Guide to Vulnerability Reporting for America’s Election Administrators. The guide walks election officials through the steps of establishing a vulnerability disclosure program. Vulnerability disclosures can be an effective way for organizations to benefit from cybersecurity expertise without having it resident to their organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury on Tuesday returned a superseding indictment against a Tuscaloosa County man for trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Frank Haera.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: (Fort Laramie, WY) Join Fort Laramie National Historic Site on August 8-9, 2020 for a special event entitled Western Encounters. Fort Laramie NHS preserves many stories of the past and present which reflect a diverse cultural identity. For this special event Fort Laramie NHS brings together some of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Montgomery, AL. - On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Jimmy Allen Monk, a 60-year-old resident of Elmore County and former PrimeSouth Bank president, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special Agent...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GARY W. BORNMAN, 58, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to two counts of bank robbery and admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Will Spend 15 Years in Federal Prison After Shooting a Man in the Head.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the Hungry Horse Dam Visitor Center will offer an alternative visitation experience this summer season that will include staff members actively engaging with visitors in outside areas using proper social distancing Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MDT, from August 3 through September 7. This is subject to change based on conditions.
