News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for leaking classified information to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Overland Park, Kansas, nurse pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing fentanyl from a hospital pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Manuel King, 30, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to serve 20 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for three armed carjackings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that Bjoern Rene Pacot, age 30, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to serve 130 months (over 10 years) in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime as well...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Law enforcement agencies in the Cedar Rapids area continue to make communities safer by partnering to reduce gun related crimes and violence. United States Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. announced charges and arrests in eleven federal gun cases within the last 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A grand jury this week returned indictments charging Rachel Miller, 28, and Sebastian Sale, 29, both of the 1400 block of Summit Dr., Pekin, Ill., with alleged sexual exploitation of minors. Both were previously arrested and charged in criminal complaints and were ordered detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that Jihoon Sun, 48, of California, was sentenced to 75 months in prison and three years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. presided over yesterday’s sentencing hearing and also ordered Sun to pay $235,438 as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Muhammad Cheema, MD, 47, of Pittsford, NY, pleaded guilty to health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
Release: CHARLOTTE, NC - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a gun at a checkpoint and four guns improperly packed in unlocked checked luggage this week at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Miami, Florida man was sentenced to 235 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute five (5) kilograms or more of Cocaine and Possession with the Intent to Distribute of five (5) kilograms or more of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Muhammad Cheema, MD, 47, of Pittsford, NY, pleaded guilty to health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- Peter M. McCoy, Jr. has been unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently sent a letter urging officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prioritize improvements to tsunami-monitoring in Prince William Sound and throughout Alaska. State officials recently announced the discovery of potential for one of the largest landslide threats in Alaska history at Barry Arm-where an unstable slope sits above a retreating glacier and could trigger a massive tsunami if released.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Washington-Today, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY16/Bronx-Westchester), Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement on reports that Trump Appointee and new CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Michael Pack fired senior officials and dissolved advisory boards of government-sponsored broadcast networks for foreign audiences...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jermaine Ellison, 33, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 82 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Michigan man pled guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Gary Jerome Johnson, also known as Sosa, 29, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Raymond Rodriguez, 72, and Rigoberto Guerra-Salcedo, 54, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Northwest Arkansas - At approximately 11:00 a.m., June 17th, 2020, search and rescue personnel discovered the remains of lost hiker Thomas Reid in the Sneeds Creek drainage area within the Ponca Wilderness area of Buffalo National River, south of Compton.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to the city of Mitchell, South Dakota, to make improvements to storm water management infrastructure. The EDA grant, to be matched with nearly $775,000 in local investment, is expected to create or retain about 25 jobs and spur $2.1 million in private investment.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act, bicameral legislation to restrict funding for the implementation of President Trump’s reckless plans to withdraw some U.S. forces from Germany.
