News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


News Release: Officers Seized 25 Pounds of Meth in Undercover Operation.


Work starts on Lower Clear Creek restoration project

News Release: Redding, Calif. - Visitors to the Bureau of Land Management China Garden recreation site along Lower Clear Creek south of Redding can expect to see heavy equipment working along the creek banks and channel this summer, as the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Restoration Project continues through September.


Maryland Man Sentenced to 70 Months' Imprisonment for Narcotics Trafficking Conviction in ATF Firearms and Narcotics Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Marcus Stackhouse, 37, of Maryland was sentenced today to 70 months’ imprisonment on a federal narcotics trafficking charge stemming from his narcotics trafficking in the summer and fall of 2019, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


ICE removes dangerous Salvadoran national wanted for kidnapping, robbery and illegal association

News Release: LOS ANGELES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) successfully completed the removal of a Salvadoran fugitive alien via ICE Air Operations (IAO) charter, June 19.


Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Stafford County, Virginia, Over Blocking of Islamic Cemetery

News Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Stafford County, Virginia, Over Blocking of Islamic Cemetery.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twenty-two current and former residents of Western Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of narcotics trafficking and firearms violations following an investigation into drug trafficking and violence in and around the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


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.


News Release: Christine O’Neill Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division of the Washington Field Office.


Andover Woman Charged With Arson of St. Paul Car Rental Agency

News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against JESSICA LYNN WHITE, 33, charging her with conspiracy to commit arson. WHITE, who was arrested on June, 16, 2020, made her initial appearance on June 17, 2020, before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax medical doctor was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and fined $30,000 for illegally diverting Adderall and oxycodone to six different patients, including a patient who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose.


News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - Isaiah Miller, 19, has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for participating in multiple carjackings and brandishing a firearm during crimes of violence. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.


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...


Project Guardian Update: Seven Felons Appear in Federal Court for Gun Crimes

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Defendants in seven separate Project Guardian cases appeared in federal court this week, according to United States Attorney Mike Stuart.



News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.



Senator Murray: Watchdog Reveals “Troubling” Gaps in Safety Protocols at Federal Facilities Caring for Unaccompanied Minors

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to two new reports released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) ...


Chairman Lynch Issues Statement on Navy Decision Not to Reinstate Captain Crozier as Commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, issued the following statement after the Navy declined to reinstate Captain Brett E. Crozier as Commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt...


U.S. Department of Labor Cites North Carolina-Based Electric Distributor For Exposing Employees to Excavation Hazards at Florida Worksite

News Release: ZEPHYRHILLS, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Florida Progress LLC - operating as Duke Energy Florida LLC - for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a Zephyrhills, Florida, worksite. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based electric power distributor faces $53,976 in penalties.


News Release: Glen Jean, WV -. Visitors to Thurmond will have to walk further to tour the historic railroad town while its centerpiece, the Thurmond depot, undergoes a major reroofing project, according to New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts. Parking will be available across the river on the...