News from June 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the weeks following the House’s historic, first virtual hearing, “The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color," the Ways & Means Committee received more than 75 public submissions for the record, an unusually high amount that underscores the importance and relevance...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Good morning, On Wednesday, we commemorated the 245th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It turned out to be a beautiful summer day in Charlestown for holding a small gathering to remember the events and consequences of the battle. Several speakers, including City Counselor Lydia Edwards, Representative...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin June 19 on Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Converse and Platte counties.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: Little Rock, Arkansas - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Little Rock Central High School NHS is increasing visitor 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: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Kaplan, Louisiana, man with a prior 2002 state conviction of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, was sentenced in federal court today for a child pornography offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Verquan Jackson, 32, of Niagara Falls, New York, with attempted possession with...
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: 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Rocky Mount, NC woman pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to prepare and file false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Former DIA Analyst Sentenced for Leaking Classified Information to Journalists.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 159,445 visitors to Congaree National Park in 2019 spent $8,173,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 102 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $9,643,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Nigerian entrepreneur who operated a group of companies known as the Invictus Group pleaded guilty today to a computer based intrusion fraud scheme that caused $11 million in losses to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. - Chatham County has been added to the Atlanta-Carolinas Region High Intensity Drug Trafficking area (HIDTA) in an effort to assist in the community’s fight against drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, presented the annual Crystal Kipper & Ali Kemp Memorial Award to FBI Special Agent Mike Daniels.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Brookline, MA -Due to renovations and exhibit maintenance, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will remain closed in 2020. Renovations are expected to be completed by late Spring 2021. The house will not be open for tours while the renovations are underway. Once installed, the new visitor center will provide a wheelchair lift for access to the ground floor, an accessible restroom, and improved retail space.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Eighteen people have been charged for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced federal indictments returned against multiple individuals in Louisville, Kentucky, as a result of civil unrest in Jefferson County during the period Monday, June 1, through Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The defendants charged are alleged to have engaged in robbing area pharmacies, a carjacking, and the illegal possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Timothy Woll, 54, of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, has pled guilty to child exploitation charges before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Today, June 18th, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf will travel to San Francisco, CA to participate in an award ceremony for Federal Protective Service (FPS) Protective Service Officer (PSO) Sombat Mifkovic and the five other officers who responded to a shooting on May 29th during civil unrest that resulted in his severe injury and took the life of FPS PSO Dave Patrick Underwood.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security released the following statements regarding the Supreme Court decision on DACA.
