News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Buffalo Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood, and Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded the Buffalo Police Department a 2020 Project Safe Neighborhood grant totaling $229,837. The funding will be used to implement a Shoot Review Process in the police department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: A man who bought drugs on the dark web and sold them in eastern and central Iowa was sentenced July 21, 2020, to more than six years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways is pleased to announce that the new Big Spring Bridge on State Route 103 is now open for use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Former Congressman Charged with Ballot Stuffing, Bribery, and Obstruction.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The National Park Service, Interior Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 announced today it has selected the top four respondents to the Request for Qualifications issued on Aug. 13, 2019 for the food and beverage operations at the Lands End Restaurant Properties. The selected respondents will be invited to respond to the Request for Proposals, which is the next phase of the selection process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Eighteen individuals from Massachusetts and elsewhere were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today in federal court in Boston on charges related to a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 48-year-old Saginaw, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for attempted child coercion and enticement in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox and FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Delshawn Harvey, age 41, and Keizye Collins, age 23, both of Baltimore Maryland, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2020, to federal drug distribution charges related to their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and/or fentanyl in the Monument Street area of East Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Spokane, Washington - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal grand jury returned an Indictment on July 21, 2020, charging Edward Charles Robinson, Jr. with two counts of first degree murder, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. FBI agents arrested Robinson today and the United States will seek his detention pending a trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal complaint was unsealed against 29-year-old Leeroy Felan for providing false information to federal agents and assisting arsonists in evading arrest, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau. Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Felan in Carrizo Springs on July 21, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, July 23, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Arkansas and Hawaii to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow Arkansas and Hawaii to expedite the implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: False Items Alleged Include Education Expenses, Businesses, and Itemized Deductions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Michael Brown, Jr., age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 180 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: Urges Public to Look For Invasive Asian Longhorned Beetle and Not Move Firewood WASHINGTON, July 23, 2020 -August is the peak time of year to spot the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) as adults emerge from trees. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is declaring August as ‘Tree Check Month.’ ...
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s FY2021 foreign assistance budget request...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, Frank Powell a/k/a “Bread", 29, Indianapolis, Ind., was sentenced to 134 months in federal prison for orchestrating a large-scale fraud ring, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Delshawn Harvey, age 41, and Keizye Collins, age 23, both of Baltimore Maryland, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2020, to federal drug distribution charges related to their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and/or fentanyl in the Monument Street area of East Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Three men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for transporting and harboring illegal aliens in locked and boarded-up trailers in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Houston.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Gettysburg, PA: A passing rainstorm pushed through the area in the late afternoon of July 22, 2020. After the clouds parted, some park visitors who passed by the Arkansas Memorial quickly concluded that the memorial had been vandalized as it was now covered with what appeared to be a dark colored foreign...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal complaint unsealed this week charges a third individual with one count of arson for allegedly setting fire to a Salt Lake City Police Department vehicle during May 30, 2020, riots in Salt Lake City.
