News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) have detected three guns this week during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint. These are the 38th, 39th and 40th guns discovered by TSA this year at SLC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RECOVERY NETWORK OF PROGRAMS, INC. (“RNP"), a healthcare organization that provides substance abuse and mental health services in Fairfield County, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four individuals have recently been charged with visa fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about their status as members of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), while in the United States conducting research. Three of these individuals have been arrested and the FBI is seeking the fourth who is a fugitive from justice currently being harbored at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS- A Billings man convicted of bringing large quantities of methamphetamine to the community and of possessing firearms was sentenced today to 26 years and 10 months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today Daniel E. Boldt, 46, Town of Corning, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing five firearms and ammunition, as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J.- A federal grand jury today indicted a German man with orchestrating a massive mail fraud scheme targeting elderly and otherwise vulnerable victims with false and fraudulent psychic solicitations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging TRAVON LAVELLE BLACKMAN, 23, and MICHAEL EUGENE HUNTER, 21, with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. BLACKMAN made his initial appearance on July 17, 2020, and HUNTER made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on safely reopening America's K-12 schools...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Billy B. Sanders, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of ammunition, was sentenced to serve 71 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jonie Lee Welsh, a/k/a Jonie Lee Welsch, age 36, of Wagoner, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is accepting sealed, written bids for the commercial harvesting of pine nut units in the BLM Battle Mountain, Elko and Ely districts. The deadline to submit a bid is 9:30 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, Aug. 11.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hybrid hearing to examine Lockheed Martin’s failure to deliver spare parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that were ready for installation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man, Timothy Wayne Wellman, 66, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 12 months and one day in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Greg Van Tatenhove, after previously being convicted of 11 counts involving obstructing justice, aiding and abetting the obstruction of a federal grand jury, and aiding and abetting individuals in making false statements to the FBI.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Explosives are a popular choice among terrorists for causing disruption, casualties and destruction. Although chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons may cause much more damage, explosives can still be the first choice because they are relatively easy to make, transport and use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Researchers Charged with Visa Fraud After Lying About Their Work for China’s People’s Liberation Army.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, held a hybrid hearing to examine the Trump Administration’s implementation of the United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS Strategy).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today thanked her colleagues for supporting the inclusion of S. 903, her Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), in S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The Senate today passed the NDAA bill, with NELA incorporated by amendment, by a vote of 86 to 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Terrance Chipp, 42, of Rutland was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, which follows the term of imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: I am pleased that earlier today the Senate passed S. 3841 by unanimous consent. This is a common sense measure that will ensure the $1,200 Economic Impact Payments Congress provided to help individuals meet essential needs during these trying times don’t instead end up in the pockets of creditors and debt collectors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against a Fresno resident, charging him with conspiracy, obstruction of correspondence, and possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
