News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: “I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in introducing the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act, bipartisan legislation to help nonprofits, state and local governments and federally recognized Tribes remain financially viable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keith Strong, 50, of Thorp, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Strong pled guilty to this charge on Feb. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: 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, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that John West, Jr., 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. on June 18, 2020, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. He received a sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment with a five-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City-area brothers have pleaded guilty in federal court this week to their roles in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
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.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - With the easing of public health and safety restrictions enacted by State of New Mexico health officials, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Roswell Field Office is increasing recreational access and services at some recreation sites. The Bureau of Land Management...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas doctor has pleaded guilty to a felony for prescription drug diversion crimes perpetrated on elderly victims, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Kemmerer, WY - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Fossil Butte National Monument is increasing recreational access and services. 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 Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Due to continued hot and dry weather conditions, Mesa Verde will be moving into Extreme Fire Danger on Monday, June 22, 2020. An Extreme Fire Danger rating means that fires have a high potential to escape initial attack. There are currently no fires in the park. Due to the increased fire danger level, the park will close the following trails on Monday, June 22, 2020.
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 woman allegedly involved in felony child abuse against a child on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named Markala K. Waukau (age: 18) of Neopit.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Recreation sites in the King Range National Conservation Area, including the Lost Coast Trail, will be reopened to the public beginning Tuesday, June 23. Included in the reopening plans are the Mattole, Nadelos, Wailaki and Tolkan campgrounds and all trailheads.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: A 16-year-old male from Oak Ridge, North Carolina reportedly received a non-life-threatening injury from a shark off Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The incident occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for a scheme to obtain more than $2.5 million in fraudulent federal income tax refunds, in part by stealing his children’s identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas Laugen, 69, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 1 year and 1 day in federal prison for income tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: FBI Louisville Statement. The FBI Louisville office is conducting judicially authorized activity at 3003 Springfield Drive, Apartment 4, Louisville, Kentucky. As we have stated before, FBI Louisville is conducting an independent investigation into all aspects of the death of Breonna Taylor. When investigating...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
Release: More information about Burundi is available on the Burundi Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
