News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Rodgers Lee Shealy was sentenced this week to 21 years of imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker. Shealy pled guilty in August 2019 to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Upon release, Shealy will be supervised for eight years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is accepting Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications to fill the two Truck/Buggy/Off-highway Vehicle event slots for calendar year 2021. The District’s Caliente Field Office must receive applications by 4:30 p.m. PST, Aug. 10, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that an information was filed on July 22, 2020 charging Jahvid Alexander and Jestus Francis with federal and territorial offenses, including conspiracy, carjacking, robbery, drug possession, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - 2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark civil rights legislation has impacted the lives of millions of people with disabilities in the United States by prohibiting discrimination based on disability and guaranteeing equal opportunity in all aspects of community life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on a charge stemming from his arrest for illegally possessing a handgun with a large capacity magazine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Justin Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a eighteen-count indictment charging Joseph A. Cipolletti, age 45, of Hudson, with wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and making a false statement under oath.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Investors defrauded of $8M worth of phony cryptocurrency.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: On or around July 25-27, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office, Wells Field Office, will begin an emergency wild horse gather on the Antelope Valley Herd Management Area (HMA) located about 55 miles southeast of Wells, NV in Elko County Nevada. The action is needed due to lack of water, forage, and declining health of the wild horses associated with herd overpopulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Operation LeGend. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was arrested after he allegedly shot three victims in an incident this week has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing a firearm during an earlier firearm incident. “Court documents cite a long history of gun violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: The Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health Service System presented their findings and recommendations to First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was arrested after he allegedly shot three victims in an incident this week has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing a firearm during an earlier firearm incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on July 24, 2020, Emmanuel John of Omaha was found guilty following a jury trial before United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher on six counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. John will be sentenced on Oct. 21, 2020, and faces up to 10 years’ incarceration on each of the six counts. This was the first jury trial in federal court in Nebraska since trials were suspended due to COVID.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that an information was filed on July 22, 2020 charging Jahvid Alexander and Jestus Francis with federal and territorial offenses, including conspiracy, carjacking, robbery, drug possession, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement after the president signed executive orders to pursue several drug pricing policies through administrative action...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY TEIXEIRA, 50, of Danbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez to a fraud offense related to $1.1 million embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, NC. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina is proud to play a key role in the Department of Justice’s enforcement efforts under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as this year marks 30 years since the signing of the landmark legislation. The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, and is the nation’s preeminent civil rights law for providing access and equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in the Avalon Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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: On July 26, 2020, the nation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the landmark legislation known as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is proud to play a critical role in the Department of Justice’s enforcement efforts under the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine to distribute and two firearms.
