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: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 21, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man allegedly involved in an assault that resulted in injury to a tribal police officer. The indictment named Martin W. Penass a/k/a “Ap Hawpetoss" (age: 38) of Neopit, which is on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Civil Complaint Alleged That Bank of America Refused to Issue Mortgages to Individuals Who are Under Guardianships.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Thomas Robbins, 65, of Heber City pleaded guilty to securities fraud and money laundering in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Wednesday afternoon, admitting he induced victims to invest in a fraudulent foreign currency day-trading business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Blake Edward Cooper, age 51, of Harlan, to 60 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug user in possession of a firearm. Cooper...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO MARTINEZ, also known as “Bolo," 52, of Watertown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s recently announced requirement for weekly testing of nursing home staffers and disbursement of an additional $5 billion in funding to these facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Joint FBI, Texas DPS, and El Paso County Constable’s Office Announce the Results of Operation Cerberus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have partnered with AARP to educate senior citizens in Massachusetts about COVID-19 scams and other fraud targeting the aging population.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned indictments in the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Damilola Bamidele Isaac Samuel, 22, a Nigerian citizen, has been sentenced for using fraudulent ATM bank cards to steal $260,726.09 from over two dozen Regions Bank customers, including elderly victims.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy announced a request for information (RFI) about hydrogen technology opportunities and research needs that could lead to advances in hydrogen technologies.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: More information about France is available on the France Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA - A Big Arm man accused of making child pornography videos and sending an image to an undercover agent today pleaded guilty to charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Inspectors General (IG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they will both launch investigations into the Trump Administration's use of violent tactics against peaceful protestors in Washington D.C., Portland, Oregon, and elsewhere around the country.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park will temporarily close the Cape Royal and Point Imperial Roads on the North Rim in order to complete necessary road improvement projects. This closure will be in effect from sunset on Sunday, July 26, through Thursday, July 30. The Cape Royal and Point Imperial Roads as well as all overlooks along these roads will reopen to the public on July 31 at 6 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man was arraigned this afternoon after being arrested Wednesday night on a series of weapons charges and a drug trafficking offense that alleges he possessed about 3.8 kilograms of heroin for sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Steven Lawrence Robinson, 34, of Granite Bay, and Nathaniel Opondo Hubbert, 39, of Grass Valley, charging them with a conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl and other narcotics offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man today admitted unlawfully possessing a semi-automatic rifle during the course of an attempted sale to another individual, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Four defendants indicted in separate Columbus-area criminal cases were sentenced to prison this week for crimes related to the illegal possession of firearms by a convicted felon, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
