News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two MS-13 members were sentenced today to over a combined 28 years in prison for their roles in a December 2018 shooting and stabbing that occurred in Four Mile Run Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Mexican nationals have been sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Tayanna Bowman, 23, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with one count of distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography. The charges arise out of the defendant’s alleged distribution of images and videos -- including to an undercover federal agent -- on a file sharing platform over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two MS-13 members were sentenced today to over a combined 28 years in prison for their roles in a December 2018 shooting and stabbing that occurred in Four Mile Run Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: DALLAS - The website CityXGuide.com - a leading source of online advertisements for prostitution and sex trafficking that users described as "taking over from where Backpage left off" - has been seized and its owner charged in a 28-count federal indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: 20 Years for Renchie, 7 Years for Williams, in Conspiracy Involving Almost Two Kilograms of Meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 16, 2020, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man allegedly involved in domestic violence against a woman on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named Justin M. Moore (age: 35) of Keshena.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Marsha Blackburn issued the following statement on the termination of Laura Cunningham, President of the Open Technology Fund (OTF), and the OTF Board of Directors. McCaul and Blackburn were the Republican authors of the Open Technology Fund Authorization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Former City of Atlanta Commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management Jo Ann Macrina has been charged with conspiratorial bribery, bribery, and tax evasion in connection with money and other items of value that she accepted from City of Atlanta and DeKalb County contractor Lohrasb “Jeff"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Monday, Ervin Crank, 58, of Kayenta, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 30 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Crank previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner or dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Couple Allegedly Stole Checks Out of Mailboxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that a Rainier, Oregon man has been charged with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and transporting her from her home in Ilwalco, Washington to Rainier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: POCATELLO - David Hansen, 49, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also imposed a term of three years of supervised release to follow Hansen’s prison sentence. The Court will determine what amount Hansen must pay in restitution at a hearing scheduled for June 26, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Sandy Springs, GA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (NRA) is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Nathanael Cecil Hall III, 37, of Pearl River County, Mississippi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), also known as the Adam Walsh Act, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and U.S. Marshal Mark Shepherd for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced that Pablo Duran Ramirez, age 52, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, three years supervised release and ordered to pay a $67,232 fine after pleading guilty to one count of encouraging illegal entry for financial gain...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Pack: We were outraged to learn that in your first week on the job, you fired top officials of broadcast networks for foreign audiences in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and replaced their advisory boards with new boards comprised of yourself, your chief of staff, Trump Administration appointees,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Online tool helps the public report civil rights violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the launch of the Civil Rights Reporting Portal for the Department of Justice. This new online tool will make it easier for the public to report a civil rights violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley woman was arrested this morning on a criminal complaint alleging she fraudulently solicited $21.6 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spent a significant portion of her victims’ money on her own lavish living expenses, including luxury cars, travel, and designer clothing.
