News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that a federal grand jury, sitting in Burlington, Vermont, returned an indictment charging Jason Graham, 24, of Michigan, for his role in causing a threat to Green Mountain Union High School. On February 7, 2019, an...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: With Drug and Firearm Offenses. FORT WAYNE - John Clark, age 53, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged in a criminal complaint with drug and weapon violations, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. According to documents in this case, Mr. Clark, a convicted felon, was arrested after a search warrant was executed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Conspired to defraud the Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Treasury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Elias Muhammad, 23, of Fresno, charging him with attempted possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Dr. Raymond Michael Moore, who had a medical practice in Norton, Va., was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for a litany of federal crimes, including illegally prescribing more than 25,000 oxycodone pills, 17,000 hydrocodone pills, and 10,000 benzodiazepine pills without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A federal inmate has been sentenced for murdering his cellmate in a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
Release: RICHMOND, Va.- Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport (RIC) are now using new technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification and confirms their flight information in near real time.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump signed several drug pricing Executive Orders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - BRYANT LAMONT HARRIS, age 46, a resident of Monticello, Mississippi, was indicted for threatening a federal judge in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 115(a)(1)(B), announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of six years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ROBERT GONZALEZ, 40, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for an assault that resulted in serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: A man who assaulted his girlfriend before leading police on a high-speed chase was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Chicago Division, and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Reggie M. Balentine, 43, Kokomo, Ind., and Perry O. Jones, 45, Kokomo, Indiana were sentenced for their role in a large drug trafficking ring operating in Kokomo, Indiana. Balentine was sentenced to 504 months in federal prison and Jones was sentenced to 260 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office released the Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed expansion of the Parkdale Quarry, west of Cañon City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: In Midland on Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted 44-year-old Jeffrey Allen Smerud on one count of possession of a destructive device, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Luis M. Quesada, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Doemini Mosley, 35, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to defrauding Howard University out of more than $100,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin and James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Washington Field Office Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Morristown National Historical Park News. Release Date: Immediately. Contact: Karen Sloat-Olsen, Chief of Interpretation and Education. karen_sloat-olsen@nps.gov. Morristown National Historical Park. Increases Visitor Services. Beginning July 24, 2020. Morristown, NJ - Following guidance from the White House...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy security, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer 14 parcels totaling 16,913.611 acres at its September 2020 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The proposed parcels are located in Eureka, Nye and Lander counties. The lease sale is scheduled to occur online at www.energynet on Tuesday, September 8. The protest period begins July 24 and ends August 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Doemini Mosley, 35, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to defrauding Howard University out of more than $100,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin and James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Washington Field Office Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Contractors for the National Park Service removed a two-story concrete observation booth weighing over 113,000 pounds from the historic Tower 234 at the Fort Pickens Area on Tuesday, July 14. With the removal of the booth, the likelihood of the tower toppling on to the road has diminished...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, held a hybrid hearing featuring testimony from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter T. Gaynor on FEMA’s preparedness to simultaneously respond to anticipated natural disasters, such as hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
